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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
Instead of the governments paying a private operator to run bus service, it should be government run. Ironically, Ontario Northland has expanded it's bus service. Now, you ride it between Winnipeg, Toronto and Ottawa.
https://www.ontarionorthland.ca/en/service-map
I do think that if the province can do it, and provide good connections to others, the they can do it. In places where they can't, the federal government should step in. |
I think that might be a more worthy use of money.
As Ontario Northland abandoned its rail service that competed with its bus service along the Toronto-Cochrane corridor, it invested that savings in improving bus service to the Northwest region of the province. More people now have safe and reliable bus service. The benefits of an expanded network outweighed the loss of the rail service.
What I'd like to see is a coordination among bus providers - Maritime Bus, Orleans Express, Ontario Northland and Rider Express with a fund to expand service between Winnipeg and Saskatoon - the last gap. Or maybe VIA could focus on connecting people by rail from Winnipeg to Saskatoon/Edmonton, instead of trying to be everything to everybody.
Or maybe some sort of hybrid rail-bus thing, where slower segments of rail could be taken by way of bus provider.
Just spitballing.
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