02-02-2016, 11:16 PM
A bus service to Breslau would be great, but it's just not going to have significant demand. People that live in Breslau have a car and it's fairly convenient to drive most places. A crappy infrequent bus service just isn't going to be a good option the majority of the time.
It's similar to the airport. Driving to YKF is really easy and parking is convenient and not ridiculously priced. The majority of people coming to the airport will just drive rather than drag luggage on a bus. And with the relatively few commercial flights there just won't be demand to justify a route.
10-15 years from now it might be a totally different story. There'll be a lot more teenagers in Breslau (who might love a bus that connects them with the LRT), more people in general, hopefully a go station to entice non car-families to move to the area, more flights, etc.
In general though I think transit money is better spent building a really good core service that encourages people to use it regularly and as a way of life. And then building that service outwards. A Breslau/airport route would just be a waste of money and something for anti-transit people to point to.
It's similar to the airport. Driving to YKF is really easy and parking is convenient and not ridiculously priced. The majority of people coming to the airport will just drive rather than drag luggage on a bus. And with the relatively few commercial flights there just won't be demand to justify a route.
10-15 years from now it might be a totally different story. There'll be a lot more teenagers in Breslau (who might love a bus that connects them with the LRT), more people in general, hopefully a go station to entice non car-families to move to the area, more flights, etc.
In general though I think transit money is better spent building a really good core service that encourages people to use it regularly and as a way of life. And then building that service outwards. A Breslau/airport route would just be a waste of money and something for anti-transit people to point to.