Comment 57293

By Undustrial (registered) - website | Posted January 20, 2011 at 22:31:22

Alas, I feel that Canadians only care about corporate ideas that cost a bundle and involve brainwashing by the media.

So sad. So true. Far too many brilliant projects are scuttled because they don't fit our ideas of what a "successful" project should look like, and far too many mind-blowingly stupid ideas are embraced because they do. Corporate capitalist ideals like investment potential, slick branding campaigns and overstuffed bureaucracies do not equate to real success with real-world goals.

Whatever system we adopt will require serious safety precautions. However, it's entirely possible that a more decentralized system (a cheap "licence" anyone can apply for) would spread far faster than anything the best managers - public or private - could accomplish. Even in an area serviced by transit - if it encourages more people to leave their cars at home (or at the dealership), then I'm interested. Maybe some people in Burlington want a ride to the GO Station in a van lined with studded leather that blasts heavy metal music. Others clearly would rather have classical music and stops at Starbucks. This kind of organized regular cab service (more like Darts than HSR or cabs) would reach people that regular transit ever could, and it wouldn't require years of planning and expensive studies to try something creative with routing.

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