Comment 30649

By Jonathan Dalton (registered) | Posted April 30, 2009 at 15:07:45

I use the 2 bike system and actually prefer it for the daily commute. But doesn't help me get anywhere else and it doesn't help the average rider for whom riding one bike is enough of a stretch.

My boss at work is moving from Richmond Hill to Toronto to have a more reasonable commute and wants to bike and take the train. I had to explain the intricacies of the bike policy and how he would need to use 2 bikes or get a folding bike. This is exactly the type of person GO is trying to attract - someone who is able to drive but would take the GO if it is practical, and who is willing to get to the station by means other than driving. Yet the system is clearly not easy to use in this case.

How about they have one car - say the last car on the train - the designated bike car and allow bikes on the lower level of that car. They could remove a few rows of seats to make extra space for bikes. That would have a minimal effect on regular passengers. They could use special storage hooks to fit more bikes into less space and use fold-down seats to provide extra seating capacity when there are fewer bikes taking up space.

Innovations such as these are commonplace in more bike-friendly countries, and if GO is serious about multi-modal accessibility which by all indications it is, then we should be seeing them here in the near future.

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