The O-Train looked so sad and lonely wandering through the drizzle yesterday, its three mostly empty cars moving along from Bayview to South Keys. It's one of those city experiments that really helped Carleton students but left the bulk of transit users stuck in buses stuffed with people. Ottawa's transit issue is being overplayed at the moment, mostly because everyone has a different idea to add to the ever growing list of so-called options being proposed by people who really aren't in a position to pretend they have some form of expertise on the matter. Normally I'd not touch the subject, being bored with it, but seeing the O-Train yesterday brought up an interesting point: There are probably roller coasters that move more people than the O-Train.
Along that line of thinking came the excellent idea of scrapping transit options one through a gazillion and instead introducing a roller coaster. Sure, it might mess with the hairdo and make drinking that morning cup of java an experience unto itself, but what a thrill going to work would suddenly become. If theme parks are any indication, people will leave their cars at home and line up for hours just to take a ride on the O-Coaster. And for all those "innovative" types on council looking to snag more revenue for the city, just think of the tourism dollars that could bring in. Plus we wouldn't have to dig a $1 billion tunnel.
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