O-Train Line 2/4 [Stage 2 | Greenboro to Limebank/Airport] | In Service

[FutureWickedCity]

Originally Posted by urbanforest

Sorry for the rambling rant, but my point is that public transit from the airport really is shockingly bad, and must be even worse for tourists who aren't familiar with our system.

People unfamiliar with the system would probably look for signage, which would take them to the train, and also inform themselves that they have to transfer lines at Greenboro. I don't see how your errors make the system bad. What we have would be the envy of many cities. Calgary, Halifax, Melbourne and LA spring to mind.

[golfguy9]

Originally Posted by FutureWickedCity

People unfamiliar with the system would probably look for signage, which would take them to the train, and also inform themselves that they have to transfer lines at Greenboro. I don't see how your errors make the system bad. What we have would be the envy of many cities. Calgary, Halifax, Melbourne and LA spring to mind.

An airport train link = good.
One that takes 2-3x the time to get DT vs driving... not good.

[harls]

I really want to try to take transit to the airport from my place in Gatineau to try out that new train, but garsh darnit.. if I was alone, and had all the time in the world, maybe. I'm going to park my car there.

I am sorry.

[lrt's friend]

Originally Posted by FutureWickedCity

People unfamiliar with the system would probably look for signage, which would take them to the train, and also inform themselves that they have to transfer lines at Greenboro. I don't see how your errors make the system bad. What we have would be the envy of many cities. Calgary, Halifax, Melbourne and LA spring to mind.

Hmmm

I took the bus from Calgary airport to downtown. No transfer, about 30 minutes. It seemed better than what we have to offer.

I took an express bus from LAX to downtown LA. It worked for me and wasn't that expensive and got me to Union Station, LA's rail hub.

I also took the train from downtown Oslo to the airport in about 30 minutes. It was great.

Why spend millions and millions and not do it right? And now we have made it worse by reducing frequency in some hours.