Comments on: Kingston Transit no Polar Express http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/05/kingston-transit-no-polar-express/ News, Politics, Events, Music, Art, Theatre, Restaurants, Sports, Environment, Everything and Anything in Kingston, Ontario. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:01:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: teddy http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/05/kingston-transit-no-polar-express/comment-page-1/#comment-66 teddy Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:32:22 +0000 http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/05/kingston-transit-no-polar-express/#comment-66 To be fair to Kingston Transit, a couple points in their defense: 1. They'd been planning to replace the fare boxes they've got now for years. 2. The company that makes the fare boxes that they're using right now doesn't make them anymore. Any time a new bus enters service, it receives a fare box from an old bus. This is something they've been trying to do for a long time now, and that they were already going to do. Why not use this money for it? Last year's service improvements were a great success, and all that is left for them is to continue increasing service. I don't know what it was like on Union St, but buses "not showing up" was a problem for me where I catch the bus from work on Stewart St. The issue is that with the snow piled up, cars were getting farther and father from the curb. Hardly enough space for 2 cars to pass through at once on 75% of the road, certainly not even CLOSE for letting a bus through with a car. To be fair to Kingston Transit, a couple points in their defense:
1. They’d been planning to replace the fare boxes they’ve got now for years.
2. The company that makes the fare boxes that they’re using right now doesn’t make them anymore. Any time a new bus enters service, it receives a fare box from an old bus.

This is something they’ve been trying to do for a long time now, and that they were already going to do. Why not use this money for it? Last year’s service improvements were a great success, and all that is left for them is to continue increasing service.

I don’t know what it was like on Union St, but buses “not showing up” was a problem for me where I catch the bus from work on Stewart St. The issue is that with the snow piled up, cars were getting farther and father from the curb. Hardly enough space for 2 cars to pass through at once on 75% of the road, certainly not even CLOSE for letting a bus through with a car.

]]> By: Rhiannon http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/05/kingston-transit-no-polar-express/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Rhiannon Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:27:30 +0000 http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/05/kingston-transit-no-polar-express/#comment-47 I could'nt think of a worse way to spend the money. This city's transit system is less than reliable or convenient. In my opinion the money would be best spent in adding more routes particularily at night and on Sundays. It is a horrible waste of money. Common sense would say use the money to make the system more frequent and reliale to encourage more riders. But then again considering numerous decision made by this city in the past couple of years one really cant be suprised at the decission. I could’nt think of a worse way to spend the money. This city’s transit system is less than reliable or convenient. In my opinion the money would be best spent in adding more routes particularily at night and on Sundays.

It is a horrible waste of money. Common sense would say use the money to make the system more frequent and reliale to encourage more riders. But then again considering numerous decision made by this city in the past couple of years one really cant be suprised at the decission.

]]> By: Nicole Vaillancourt http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/05/kingston-transit-no-polar-express/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Nicole Vaillancourt Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:57:19 +0000 http://www.kingstonist.com/2008/03/05/kingston-transit-no-polar-express/#comment-44 I agree with the writer - buying a smart card system is a really bad idea right now for Kingston Transit. Being on time would be a great start, and so would adding a few more buses to the system. North York on the "Viva" line has smart cards, wireless internet and huge, plush seating - which is great when you can actually get on one, because most of the time, they're over 45 minutes late. Kingston Transit - take a lesson from them! Find a better way to spend the money!!! I agree with the writer – buying a smart card system is a really bad idea right now for Kingston Transit. Being on time would be a great start, and so would adding a few more buses to the system. North York on the “Viva” line has smart cards, wireless internet and huge, plush seating – which is great when you can actually get on one, because most of the time, they’re over 45 minutes late. Kingston Transit – take a lesson from them! Find a better way to spend the money!!!

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