04-15-2016, 08:28 AM
“Hybrid” is in a sense a buzz-word. It has cachet. “Steering wheel” doesn’t, but “hybrid” might. I agree that it’s silly, but unfortunately it’s common to use these words that convey more cachet than actual information.
It’s hard to say whether speed or frequency is more important in this case, since the article doesn’t mention what the actual speeds and frequencies are that are being proposed. I think the consensus here is that frequency is more important than speed, and I think I agree with that by and large. Especially as current speeds are not much worse than car travel, it seems like the train is losing because you can only take it from here to Toronto a few times a day, and even between Toronto and Montreal only ten times a day. If people in London or Woodstock or Kingston (or wherever in The Corridor) could go downtown and catch a train to Toronto at any given hour of the day, then that starts to make more sense than driving.
It’s hard to say whether speed or frequency is more important in this case, since the article doesn’t mention what the actual speeds and frequencies are that are being proposed. I think the consensus here is that frequency is more important than speed, and I think I agree with that by and large. Especially as current speeds are not much worse than car travel, it seems like the train is losing because you can only take it from here to Toronto a few times a day, and even between Toronto and Montreal only ten times a day. If people in London or Woodstock or Kingston (or wherever in The Corridor) could go downtown and catch a train to Toronto at any given hour of the day, then that starts to make more sense than driving.