01-24-2017, 11:07 AM
(01-24-2017, 10:36 AM)plam Wrote:(01-24-2017, 01:36 AM)Elmira Guy Wrote: Forgive the tangent, but I use cabs in K-W fairly often and I don't think I have talked to one (and I almost always engage them in conversation) who was/is in favour of LRT. Some, very passionately opposed.
I get that it could be viewed by them as competition, but LRT should also reduce road traffic which would allow taxis to do more trips in a shift and thus making more money as a result of the start cost of a fare.
Might it be related to either the fact that it's a change from the status quo, or else to the phenomenon that e.g. merchants always want infinite free parking in front of their store even when it's shown to not actually be in their best interest?
This is a good question. It could be that, but I think it's a lack of understanding or belief in the....vision? I had a conversation with one cab driver who seemed against it, but I told him (this was before I sold my car and started biking), that when the LRT was finished, I'd probably sell my car and use the LRT, and then I'd end up taking cabs far more than I do right now (pretty much only when going to work parties outside of downtown). He seemed surprised to hear that.