But that's exactly what this month's service change does. On weekdays there's only 2 branches (King and Union) now instead of 3. And on weekends there's only King and Queens Quay instead of all 3.
Of course, now that the route is fully converted to the larger Flexity vehicles there are less streetcars running.
There are now 12 streetcars at AM peak instead of 15; 14 streetcars in mid-afternoon and PM peak instead of 21. But that's still a big increase in capacity.
But we all knew that introducing the longer streetcars was going to mean less frequency, on the busiest routes.
And surely that's a good thing, as there shouldn't be as much getting stuck on a light while the platform ahead clears, or getting stuck at the subway station because the platform is full.
The complaints seem to be about service south of King in AM peak. But looking at the schedule change, the frequency south of King has been improved from 8 minutes to 7 minutes; while the frequency north of King has changed from 2.67 minutes to 3.5 minutes. So it is worse in the last 2 days than previously? And if so, is it just teething problems?