cacruden
Senior Member
It could - I've paid almost $100 for airport parking for a couple of weeks, because it was still cheaper, and more convenient, than two $50 taxis, especially when landing around midnight. When the car is full of luggage, the BD subway and Airport Express bus aren't that attractive.
Bigger issue is getting my stuff to Union station - though when the more frequent electrified Lakeshore line starts running that will help that issue.
I think the real answer here is that there needs to be 2 services. An airport express AND a local service - each running every 20 minutes or so. Ultimately electrified, but if they can start the initial airport service quickly with refurbished diesel equipment, and then proceed to complete the electrification, local service, and purchase newer equipment later on, why not?
I use taxi's about half the time, and Airport Express half the time. For me Blue22 would be more predictable - i.e. I am pretty much guaranteed to know how long it will take to get there.
I would prefer the Blue22 Union Station to have an airport code so that check-in can be done at Union Station. Then all I have to do is hop on the train and go through security.
It would also be nice to have them build the Eglinton Subway which would terminate at the Airport - but by then I expect a zone based system to be implemented as well (Airport would have it's own zone - which should offset building the subway all the way to the airport).