Comment 118906

By Gregory (registered) | Posted May 29, 2016 at 12:51:52 in reply to Comment 118879

The applause is for all participants here at RTH including Mr. Love who rightly points out that many talents are necessary for success. I'm a humble idea generator (some call it ambitious, utopian even), but this is with full knowledge that an idea cannot go far without research, consideration from many perspectives and eventually implementation.

With respect to the Odd-Even suggestion, I'm struggling to give it a name, maybe you can help. My idea is really an variation of the B-Line Express service. My understanding is the Express bus makes 10 stops over the same route as the B-line bus which makes 43 stops, all in the name of getting to the destination more quickly. The GO service already has an Express train from Oakville. I'm suggesting two trains, one starting in Hamilton and the second starting at Aldershot. The Hamilton train skips the Aldershot stop saving about 2 minutes (rough guess based on my measurements). Similarly, the Aldershot train skips the Burlington stop and proceeds directly to Appleby. Each train gets to Union Station up to 20 minutes faster. Of course there is a cost to this (twice as many engines at a minimum). Perhaps this cost could be offset by automating the driving responsibility? The point being, if the service is a little faster, maybe a few more riders would be willing to convert. I recognize that there are issues - a small minority of riders need to get off at a station no longer serviced by the train stopping at their station, but it certainly appears to be true that almost everyone gets off at Union (GO Transit must have the data).

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