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Originally Posted by Red
Great points, especially about getting to the train station. If it's downtown then I need to add 30 minutes of extra driving and add the cost of parking just to get to the train.
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And if I live way in the South, it takes me an hour to get to the airport, vs a half hour downtown. More convenient for some, less for others. Such is the way of the world as it is. Ever try to get to the airport via transit? That's a nightmare. But it sure is fairly easy to get downtown via transit... in both cities.
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A trip to edmonton via a car will cost you $30 and will take 2.5 hours. Why would I spend 30 minutes to drive in to downtown (or an hour via transit) and then spend $18 for parking, take 1 - 1.5 hour trip to edmonton for what $70? where I'll be stuck at the downtown station with no means of transportation?
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$30? That's wicked! My friend and I are going to Edmonton in her 2004 Honda Civic and it'll take just over a tank of gas... which cost her $54 dollars to fill yesterday. WTH are you driving that it only takes $30?
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It just doesn't make sense. That project would never make any money, not in this market where everyone owns a car. Unless the population doubles this will not attract enough people to make it profitable.
About 3 years ago the estimated cost of a ticket was $57. I am sure we wouldn't see that now.
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It doesn't make sense to you. I live downtown, it would take me 10 minutes to get to the train station via transit. If I go to the airport, it takes over an hour due to the poor transit scheduling to the airport. Not to mention the headache of going through airport security. So while it may be more convenient for you, there are 1 million people in this city... I'm sure some of them would prefer the train. Like those who currently take the 3+ hour bus ride to Edmonton. Or those would drive it, but would rather not, and would also rather not take the bus. Or any number of people.