Taking its cue from BC Health Minister Kevin Falcon’s plan to pit hospitals against each other to compete for funding, Translink has decided to race city busses against each to cut costs and improve service. Routes that get the most passengers to their destination the fastest will get the best busses that are maintained on a regular basis. Slower routes will be penalized with diesel busses that break down all the time.
Paul Hackman, a spokesman for Translink, says that although Minister Falcon’s plan has increased administrative costs by 15% in the European countries that have experimented with it, it’s still worth a go. “So what if it’s a bad idea? It’s an idea. If nothing else we’ll prove how good the transit system was once it really starts to suck.”
No word yet if fire and ambulance plan to use competition as a means of improving service.
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