tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post1729557479021446467..comments2024-03-11T12:46:28.806-04:00Comments on You. Me. Ride This Crazy Train - Adventures and Observations on The GO: Fed up with bus problems no one wants to deal withC.J. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325979176373626807noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-90769373454675831052014-06-27T15:48:28.216-04:002014-06-27T15:48:28.216-04:00question for anonadouche at 2:23 pm.
if you bough...question for anonadouche at 2:23 pm.<br /><br />if you bought a car and you were promised it came with a gps system or some high end stereo system and it didn't have it, but you had to take delivery anyway because you need to get to work and you already sold your previous car, and let's say Acura was happily deducting $419 every month from your back account telling you that the system was coming in any day now. <br /><br />fast forward six months later and you're still paying for something you don't have. sure, the car is getting you to work but where's the sound system you were promised? sure, it's got the base model stereo but that wasn't what you were told you would get.<br /><br />you tell me with a straight face you wouldn't complain. please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-19302007665305005062014-06-27T14:31:35.374-04:002014-06-27T14:31:35.374-04:00I'm sorry?! What CHEAPER RIDE???!!!!
You think...I'm sorry?! What CHEAPER RIDE???!!!!<br />You think GO Transit is cheap???<br />Ask the people who come in from Kitchener and Barrie. It's a car payment. <br /><br />Second, I am on Ontario Taxpayer. GO Transit and Metrolinx are government agencies not PRIVATELY funded. They are not PRIVATE sector businesses. There is no defamation going on. I have plenty of evidence of passengers not being given the straight story about delays and the boiler plate emails to back them up.<br /><br />Mind you, I will say that when it comes to PRESTO, GO Transit does go the extra mile to help passengers wade through the mess that sometimes occurs, especially with underpayments. The CSRs at GO work really hard to help solve PRESTO's limitations.<br /><br />Where do I say I don't like the service I get? I very much like the service GO provides - what I don't like are the broken promises and late delivery on services WE PAY FOR. <br /><br />Climb down from that Ivory Tower on Bay Street with your FREE rides and try to understand what it's like at street level.C.J. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325979176373626807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-58019422135714562332014-06-27T14:23:45.831-04:002014-06-27T14:23:45.831-04:00Wow ... let's just slam and defame the very co...Wow ... let's just slam and defame the very company that give u a cheaper ride to work than taking a taxi. Good for u, I aplaude you. If u don't like the service they provide, then take a cab every day for a week then u can decide which is better. 'Nuff said. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-47393309080853091582014-06-27T13:47:10.482-04:002014-06-27T13:47:10.482-04:00I am still waiting on a response from Metrolinx ab...I am still waiting on a response from Metrolinx about why the 18.18 LSE train consistently arrives late and leaves at least 15 mins late. I sent in an email, they were going to pass it along. I asked when I would hear back and it has been two weeks.<br /><br />True, it isn't that big of a time difference, but it does mean that you cannot rely on them to make connecting buses. Similar issue, same company. No answers.Squigglesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-44713623817376498762014-06-27T11:19:47.523-04:002014-06-27T11:19:47.523-04:00Feeling better?
I can tell from the venting in ...Feeling better? <br /><br />I can tell from the venting in this entry you must. <br /><br />I can't believe it either that YRT can have a real time map showing where everything is and how far behind schedule they are on their website, GO Transit can't. <br /><br />They use the same crap init system to track their buses. So the technology is out there. Or perhaps, like their trains, the delays are little embarassing to mention to the common folk (i.e. the taxpayers and passengers) who pay for their services. <br /><br />Perhaps a note to @femwriter would help. Wait..she only answers questions from media like Ellen Roseman and Jack Lakey. Perhaps the latter would like to give this a try. He has tackled TTC and Presto issues, GO Transit should be pretty easy. Michael Suddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17922794404701194134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-24130967306539491142014-06-27T11:14:43.967-04:002014-06-27T11:14:43.967-04:0020 minutes late is not an acceptable threshold. Ev...20 minutes late is not an acceptable threshold. Every transit agency I've worked with has defined "on time" as being between 1 minutes before and 3 or 4 minutes after the scheduled time.<br />I understand them not sending out alerts/messages for a bus that's 5 minuets late, but that information should still be available in some way. If it's not, then messages should be sent out at the 10-minute mark.<br /><br /><br />Secondary point: GO's route 90 has the sole purpose of feeding the GO Train (from GO's point of view, anyway). So why is it 17 minutes late and still get you to the right train?? That implies it's scheduled to arrive 21 minutes before the train departs, which is excessive.TomWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13453251490705724225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-21304623113671292542014-06-27T10:38:18.125-04:002014-06-27T10:38:18.125-04:00Customer Relations promised me last September the ...Customer Relations promised me last September the new system would be implemented by January of this year. GO Transit has some serious credibility issues.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-72292052094371666592014-06-27T08:53:44.296-04:002014-06-27T08:53:44.296-04:00.. I am frustrated too by the lack of preperation ... .. I am frustrated too by the lack of preperation in implementing the automated systems and GPS on the bus fleet. They now tell us that it will be late August before the system is rolled out and fully operational ... after saying that it will be running by June. <br /><br />Let's get it together. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-55441613563491258852014-06-27T08:12:26.887-04:002014-06-27T08:12:26.887-04:00My opinion? If TTC managed to implement a method o...My opinion? If TTC managed to implement a method of real time tracking. . why can't GO?! <br /><br />Very well said! KMnoreply@blogger.com