Whats up with our Skytrain cars...

[usog]

Been bugging me ever since I got back from Japan. Now, whenever I ride the skytrain it seem so slow, especially in certain parts such as Main-Stadium and Gateway-Surrey Central. I know they have a fairly high design limit but they also have a fairly high acceleration, so why are they running so slow? Especially in the long stretches such as 22nd-New West. Every minute they squeeze off the travel time not only increases overall system capacity, but makes it a more desirable option since it gets people there faster. Are the speeds due to safety issues or is the system designed like this? Maybe they should look into refitting the tracks to decrease travel time.

Also, the interiors are really unpractical. They really should decide whether skytrain will be a short-distance or long-distance thing. The layout seems to be for some weird mixture since they have lots of seats but they aren't even very comfortable or practical while they also seem to be trying to maximize standing space with their weird way of shoe-horning the seats in. Either go all-out and make it like a commuter train or make all the seats inward facing like on other Subways. They don't even have handles for people standing.

Oh and our trains are noisy as hell. The cars seem to be really poorly insulated since you can feel the wind when you stand next to the door.

Just a few cents, really curious about this. Its been 10 years already, aren't we due for a MKIII? >.>"