07-08-2023, 08:53 AM
(07-08-2023, 01:44 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(07-07-2023, 05:52 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Notably none of the regions was rated better than a B. Waterloo Region lost most of its points because of lack of (base and high-frequency) coverage: only 15% of residents are within walking distance of every-15-minutes transit service, and 85% of any transit at all. Frequency of service, not speed of LRT of buses, would be the big win on their score card.
Generally I agree,
I just thought it was interesting that they called out the LRVs travelling too slowly. And that's also something that costs the region nothing to fix...it's more waste than lack of investment.
That’s actually pretty impressive. I don’t necessarily expect a report of this nature to really dig into the details and identify specific issues correctly. But they call out the lower LRT speed limits that apply right next to faster motor vehicle traffic, when it should be the reverse: there is no problem with centre lane traffic running faster than the traffic that is right next to the sidewalk.
In the TTC section they also identify a huge TTC problem: bunching of vehicles, so that instead of maybe 15 minute service you instead have 2 buses every 30 minutes. TTC management has effectively given up on service management, and the drivers often don’t even make an attempt to do their part.