06-08-2021, 09:46 PM
(06-08-2021, 09:18 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(06-08-2021, 08:44 PM)nms Wrote: How long did it take to launch GO Transit in from concept to first fare-paying passenger in 1967?
Two years: May 1965 to May 1967. Fast for rail (by today's standards) but slower than launching a bus service.
The speed at which things are done has less to do with what is being done and more to do with motivation.
We can do things quickly....COVID lanes came up in a few weeks.
No, they weren't permanent, they weren't meant to be. But the point is, if we want to do things quickly, we can. If we wanted bike lanes on Westmount immediately, we could do it, and over time we could convert them to a better permanent form.
When we pretend that things have to take years and years of planning we give ourselves excuses for not doing things.
There are limits obviously, trains need tracks before they can go somewhere, but we can do a lot within existing constraints...we could have bus service to Guelph in a few days if we chose too.
Doing some planning also makes sense, if we started running buses to Guelph before anyone was aware we were doing it, it would be kinda silly. But we've been studying routes to Guelph for years, begging for a highway, and in all that time we've refused to actually just do it.
Hence: Motivation is the limiting factor.
So yeah TLDR, they could definitely be launching an intercity bus service, not a problem. But I doubt it, I doubt there is motivation, and I doubt it would be announced "here", or at least as "here" gets virtually.