Comments on: On Greyhound and Manitoba http://www.technicalbard.com/archives/401 Thoughts on Politics, Technology and the world around us Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:12:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Taliesyn http://www.technicalbard.com/archives/401/comment-page-1#comment-1513 Taliesyn Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:32:31 +0000 http://www.technicalbard.com/?p=401#comment-1513 Remember that they are mandated by provincial law to serve the small towns, so they can't cut routes if they stay in the province. Raising rates could bring an outcry, plus reduce traffic - so they would be no better off. The problem is the government regulation. Remember that they are mandated by provincial law to serve the small towns, so they can’t cut routes if they stay in the province. Raising rates could bring an outcry, plus reduce traffic – so they would be no better off. The problem is the government regulation.

]]> By: Taliesyn http://www.technicalbard.com/archives/401/comment-page-1#comment-1512 Taliesyn Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:30:10 +0000 http://www.technicalbard.com/?p=401#comment-1512 They could raise their fares, but I suspect they are regulated, or quickly would be when the people in remote towns get on the CBC and demand government help because they can't afford the fares... They could raise their fares, but I suspect they are regulated, or quickly would be when the people in remote towns get on the CBC and demand government help because they can’t afford the fares…

]]> By: Powell Lucas http://www.technicalbard.com/archives/401/comment-page-1#comment-1511 Powell Lucas Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:25:17 +0000 http://www.technicalbard.com/?p=401#comment-1511 If these clowns are losing money why don't they just raise fares. I drive a car and my cost of transportation has gone up considerably in the last couple of years. If I want to drive, I have to pay. Same goes for bus riders and shippers. If the carrier isn't making money then it can raise fares. Why should the taxpayer subsidize the bus rider. The government isn't helping me out with the cost of driving my car; in fact they're just heaping more taxes on it. If these clowns are losing money why don’t they just raise fares. I drive a car and my cost of transportation has gone up considerably in the last couple of years. If I want to drive, I have to pay. Same goes for bus riders and shippers. If the carrier isn’t making money then it can raise fares. Why should the taxpayer subsidize the bus rider. The government isn’t helping me out with the cost of driving my car; in fact they’re just heaping more taxes on it.

]]> By: MrEd http://www.technicalbard.com/archives/401/comment-page-1#comment-1510 MrEd Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:02:25 +0000 http://www.technicalbard.com/?p=401#comment-1510 If you've flown into Winnipeg (which I have already 3x this year) you've seen the new and active Greyhound terminal at the airport... You've probably also seen the skids and skids of cargo that line the boarding area there as Greyhound is the prefered courier in Manitoba for most businesses... If they want to be profitable cut routes, raise shipping rates, and raise fares... That's how normal businesses operate pre Obama and Coalition forced Gov't Bail out plans... If they can't make money there than someone else will find a way to because from the piles of box's waiting to be loaded on the dock there they aren't losing money If you’ve flown into Winnipeg (which I have already 3x this year) you’ve seen the new and active Greyhound terminal at the airport… You’ve probably also seen the skids and skids of cargo that line the boarding area there as Greyhound is the prefered courier in Manitoba for most businesses…

If they want to be profitable cut routes, raise shipping rates, and raise fares…

That’s how normal businesses operate pre Obama and Coalition forced Gov’t Bail out plans…

If they can’t make money there than someone else will find a way to because from the piles of box’s waiting to be loaded on the dock there they aren’t losing money

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