Comment 48418

By MattM (registered) | Posted September 29, 2010 at 11:45:47

I have read that the new terminal will indeed include dynamic bus schedule times on the digital displays as the HSR equipped it's buses with GPS tracking in recent months, so the technology is available to be taken advantage of. You'll notice that the driver area on HSR buses now has a digital display to the right of the driver (Ranger unit), aside from the Presto unit's display as well. It handles the automatic stop announcement system through GPS as well as a host of other HSR communication systems. Updating the fleet to use this technology was a huge undertaking, as I have understood and has still yet to be full realized, re: "Next bus" times at stops. The HSR is planning to incorporate this technology at new and existing terminus points in the coming years.

Back to the TH&B station, I agree that the station could be modified to a better usage of space and I am fully in support of investing money to widen the Hunter street tunnel in order to bring more traffic to the station. Unfortunately this even has ramifications beyond the tunnel itself, as this would also make it impossible for GO/VIA to service existing stations beyond Hamilton (Grimsby, St. Kitts, Niagara Falls -> USA). The CP Hamilton Sub which the Hunter Street station lies along no longer services any passenger stations between Hamilton and the United States. Re-aligning services to make increased traffic at the Hunter street station would obviously be a giant undertaking and incredibly costly.

One can dream, though.

Comment edited by MattM on 2010-09-29 10:52:46

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