11-17-2020, 02:30 PM
(11-17-2020, 02:24 PM)bgb_ca Wrote:(11-17-2020, 01:24 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Indeed, the Government of Canada could do for buses what it did for train travel in Canada ...
I would be fine with that. Let someone like GO or Megabus take over the Greyhound routes where they overlap with the existing Greyhound routes (e.g. Kitchener to Downtown Toronto), and for other routes where there is no one operating them now (e.g. former western routes abandoned by Greyhound that had no one stepped up to take over) setup a new wing on Via to operate on those lines.
I would also be fine if they got rid of the monopoly rules altogether.
I think there are good reasons why an open free market is not likely to be a successful model, it does form a natural monopoly, there is integration with stations which is necessary, and integration of routes also creates value, and in general, the service should be subsidized.
But the current system doesn't really provide any value either...