Fare Rebate request to GO transit Petition : [ powered by iPetitions.com ]

#	Name	Comments
11251	Anonymous	If the Go Train are not able to run by the schedule why have a schedule at all? Rose
11252	Julie Park
11253	Laura Barton	I am an infrequant GO train user and I only use it when I stay over at my boyfriends house. I have taken it 5 times in the past month and its been at least 10 minutes late each time. Terrible!
11254	Anonymous	I totally agree as I used to take GO and very fed up and had to change the job where I can drive. Thanks to Eales who presented-atleast you tried.
11255	Anonymous	good attempt Ealese...we've all got your back on this!
11256	Anonymous	I just don't understand why it's always delayed. Toronto is a modern city, but it's transportation system doesn't seem to reflect that point. Increasing demand, not world class service, can NEVER equals to price increase.
11257	Pervez Canteenwalla
11258	Anonymous
11259	Anonymous	This is disgraceful. The weather is not an excuse, it's an easy way out. Being late once or twice here and there every few months is acceptable but more than once in a month is not! Why is europe and montreal much better and on-time with their trains? What are they doing that we could do? Where is your lack of committment to your customers?
11260	Keith Chan	As understanding as I can be, Go Train may have worked hard to try to keep away from delays, especially due to the horrible winter conditions we have this year in GTA. But given their mediocre performance, I totally do not understand why they are increasing their fares. This fare increase they are implementing soon makes all the promotion about being part of the revolution to "Go Green" ironic. Maybe instead of thinking of ways to balance the books, why not spend time to think of ways to improve? No more excuses like, "Crash by CN at X station, cancelling all trains from there, passengers there, good luck in getting to work."
11261	Charles Attard	Today's GO board''s decision only shows that we still need to press on with this case which I support through my joining the petitioners' list.
11262	Anonymous
11263	Anonymous	The provice needs to buy CN and CP out and rent the tracks back to them. passenger transport is not thier priority therefore they don't care about delays.
11264	Anonymous
11265	Anonymous	The frequency of issues on GO is unacceptable. This week I took the train twice....first train had a car in which the doors would not open suddenly, so people who wanted to get off couldn't, unless they went to another car...reason "we don't know". Today, I took an express train, that stopped at every red light and sat outside union for a few minutes....would have been faster to take the regular train. It's just way too unpredictable.
11266	john milano	lakeshore east is a joke, i take my car now
11267	Darryl Minard	I question GO's official statistics about the percentage of trains that are on-time. 1. Are these stats audited by an outside party? 2. Do these stats count each stop in the trip, or only the start and end points? 3. Are these stats weighted according to traffic patterns? Mid-day on-time doesn't count as much as rush-hour on-time. 4. Is there a break-out for these stats? I suspect that the figures mask some very poor performance at specific stations.
11268	Omer Rehan
11269	Anonymous	fire all government union workers, public services useless / worthless.
11270	Patrick H. Forbes	Train 925 Today: 10 minutes late Yesterday: 5 minutes late Day before 5 minutes late Need I continue?
11271	Patrick H. Forbes	When my 920 is late, I need to wait 45 minutes for my next Whitby shuttle bus to get home. Not fun!
11272	patrick H. Forbes	It really isn't nice when your new fangled engine shows up late. What gives with that?
11273	patrick H. Forbes	I understand trains can't pass each other, but backing them all up isn't a better idea.
11274	patrick H. Forbes	What's the deal with your CN guy's falling behind so badly? Are they not paid enough? Need new guy's? Better Management?
11275	Anonymous	I come in from R/Hill but am appauled by the lax attitude GO takes If I pay a premium to get there faster I expect to be compensated when delays are due to things in GO Transit's control! The number of people travelling and would be traveler is staggering if they would just make it more convenient and user friendly.
11276	Jacky
11277	Michael L
11278	Kathleen Lu	All we are asking for is consistency.
11279	Anonymous	The first train leaving Milton to Union station on March 10th was late 20 minutes leaving Milton. Nothing was said as to what caused the delay. Did the crew forget to change the clock to DST?? Does the GO management aware of the delay? Also, this winter, specifically in the 1st train going to Union station, there is no heat or only half of the heat in some of the cars. The crew usually suggestss the passengers to move to the next car. How can this kind of things can go on and on. I can understand one-two days but should not be every other day or weeks.
11280	Katherine Ridgley
11281	Alison Piech	I agree something has to be done about the level of service we get from GO, especially for the amount of money we pay each month. They're boasting about the increase in ridership; that's not because of the service they provide, it's because we can't afford to drive to Toronto everyday. We have no choice but to take GO Transit. If there was another service provider that we could use, we'd certainly see changes with respect to how GO Transit treats their customers and the level of service they'd provide to us.
11282	Elvira Tio	Hi I'm a patron from the Clarkson GO station, I commend the small efforts made by GO to fulfill some of the required services needed for effective and alternative transportation to and from work, etc. However, the government as well as GO cannot stop at half mass(increasing to 6 trains). Its not enough to just accept this and numerous excuses, and let real solutions just die. Increasing costs are acceptable yet there has to be real results. We pay the taxes for the Minister to use wisely, so far,there has only been band aid solutions, this is not what we need, we(as patrons) have to be treated fairly while we have to deal with late, cancelled, no parking, over crowded trains the list can go on. We need a solution that we all as providers and users can solve and live with. The first step, I would like, is to have some sort of grace period to allow for some breathing space. The GO may or may not know that not only have we lost time, some of us have even lost some income overall. To raise the cost to travel at this point would be bullying the vulnerable to dish out whatever it takes, no matter how it effects our lives. Please be sensitive to this petition-we would only mean well.
11283	Lana De Luca	Go train service needs hugh improvments to be timely.
11284	Steven Carr
11285	Anonymous
11286	Anonymous
11287	Anonymous
11288	Luka Basanovic	GO Transit runs 180 train trips and 1,430 bus trips daily, carrying about 190,000 passengers on a typical weekday — 160,000 on the trains and 30,000 by bus.
11289	Cheryl Nakata
11290	GoSucks	Screw you Go Transit.
11291	Anonymous	I like the 50% rebate idea. After all, as customers we're paying to be at our destinations according to the times on their schedules. We pay them to be there on time, not 30 minutes late. If they can't keep their end of the deal, then we shouldn't either.
11292	Steve Chaves
11293	Anonymous
11294	Eric Rogers	If your executives cannot perform get rid of them as well.
11295	Anonymous
11296	Myra Webb	If you are not willing to refund fares then at least don't increase them !!!
11297	Terry M. Horan
11298	Adele Changoor
11299	john gelston
11300	Mike Sewell	I find the response by GO to this petition to be completely ridiculous. This rebate is meant to encourage them to improve performance. By saying in order to offer the rebate they would have to raise prices, they're admitting that they have no plans to avoid the delays.