10-05-2017, 08:14 PM
(10-05-2017, 06:07 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(10-05-2017, 05:41 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: Does anybody know if they’re even ticketing? Not that I’m opposed to towing, especially now that we apparently (almost) have a vehicle ready to drive, but it seems like a ticketing blitz would be a good way to start. Just assign a bylaw officer to drive up and down the line ticketing every vehicle on the tracks. Pretty quickly people would understand that they really mustn’t park on the tracks.
It occurs to me that the LRVs should have cameras on them as well for the purpose of ticketing. If a vehicle is parked or even stopped where it impedes the LRV, it should be subject to a fine of something like $1/s for as long as the LRV is unable to proceed (fines for stopping in the LRV lane when there is no LRV should be more normal levels of fine of course).
I wonder what the actual real dollar cost of the delay is, $1/s is probably in the ballpark, but publishing that number might help drum up sympathy from taxpayer rabblers.
This kind of thing is hard to estimate and the degree to which the numbers actually mean much is subject to debate, but if we suppose the LRV is fairly full with 200 passengers and they all earn the soon-to-be minimum wage of $15/hour, that is $3000/hour or somewhat less than the number I suggested which is $3600/hour. So while there still could be legitimate argument over many many details, my suggestion is in no way out of line with the level of inconvenience to others that someone stopped in the LRV lane might be causing others.
This sort of observation also explains why full signal priority for the LRT is the correct policy.