Within 10 years of HFR's possible opening (let's say 2025) Airport security screening will be as simple as walking through a millimetre wave scanner. https://evolvtechnology.com/products/evolv-express/ There will be large zero-emissions aircraft in the skies to carry people between cities...

To be honest, I've heard the same thing from middle/senior management at the airlines when I brought it up during networking events. You can see the obvious conflict though...

It's already been replaced by a bus, just not by a VIA bus. I don't see either train coming back for a very long time, to be honest. Also, I'm not sure how the two trains could be timed better given that 85 is timed to connect with 73, and 88 is timed to connect with 78...

To act as a feeder service, and to allow for the reallocation of rolling stock from underperforming trains 85/88 to trains that are always full 73/78.

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It's not just emails, it's cumulatively days of your life lost because of things that are outside of your control*. For most people, a train is just a method of transportation. To go further, most people only care about frequency and price. The only thing a train does better than a bus is its...

Wrong answer. I would have accepted: I would love to be 4 hours delayed getting home because of mechanical issues (I overheard an engineer spilt coffee on the control panel) and had to wait for a replacement locomotive from Toronto (many people missed their flights home for reading week) (train...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but people just took boats over to the other side of the bridge. But honestly, you're over-romanticizing rail travel. Just wait till your inbox is filled with these ∨ There's more where these came from, and these are only the delays from before I boarded my trains.

Error 43 on the new fare inspection/registration device, and they got the registration schedule backwards. If anyone wants to participate, UP Express Union station tomorrow between 2-3pm. Look for signs that say test participant registration. Hopefully things get ironed out tomorrow. Edit...

The UP Express open payment trials have started, and they are not going well.

I've been on VIA a bunch of times since the pandemic started for school-work reasons. They've gotten far better since the beginning of the pandemic in terms of service and safety. I am on 71 today in Business Class, there are 5 people in the car total. Meanwhile looking at the trains to Montreal...

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I was told today. It benefits frequent VIA's riders who are able to pay for travel that often costs more than Greyhound, but less so the low-income earners without cars (who public transportation economically/socially benefits the most). It's quite ironic to me how a private company is able to...

That's why I said, "ceteris paribus" in my analysis. It is the economic term for "all other things being equal". These policies have already existed for many years, and have not changed the Business to Economy passenger ratio over time within the Montreal-Quebec City corridor. And I'm going to...

For the... I've lost count how many times. My analysis was of the current corridor fleet replacement and has nothing to do with HFR. My position on HFR is separate from my analysis on post 6850. My post on 6850 related to the mix of business to economy cars that VIA is procuring to replace its...

Thank you for completing an insightful analysis of the depreciation of VIA's corridor fleet. There are two key reasons why I did not perform an analysis with as much depth as yours: I gave you formulas rather than hard numbers because of the many cars have gone through maintenance programs to...

Not jumping to conclusions, just analyzing the historical studies and examples around the world to determine a likely outcome as I did with masks in March. See post 6850. Hmmmm,,,, Kinda difficult to talk about pricing without talking about the business case. In trading I've learnt to...

You have to make an access to information request for 2019. https://corpo.viarail.ca/en/company/governance-ethics I piggy backed off of someone else's here: https://open.canada.ca/en/search/ati?ati%5B0%5D=%3AVIA%20Rail%20Canada%20Inc.&ati%5B1%5D=ati_organization_en%3AVIA%20Rail%20Canada%20Inc.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wx7vr93sqf8tep/18-1846%20-%20Access%20to%20Information%20Request%20-%20FINAL.pdf?dl=0

[ Think you need to read my reply to Urban Sky and his reply back. It was a serious safety concern, and had nothing to do with a sandwich. If you look on twitter, I was not the only one who was concerned about the onboard crew not being present in the car. I also take very small trades with...