Metrolinx is repainting the green limos.
Awesome. How much is it costing?
There's nothing wrong with the current brand colours.
What's needed is more money for by-law enforcement and transit safety officers. Metrolinx also needs to consider creating a new position which I feel I would be a top candidate for - a manners and courtesy enforcement officer. All I need is a jaunty pink hat and clipboard. I'll take care of the rest.
Plus, I'm cheap. Just pay my fare.
Photo kindly supplied by Rail Pictures.ca
I could understand the repainting if, and only if, the coaches caught in the flood waters were damaged and needed to be repainted (though I think it might be cheaper to just replace them/use them for salvage).
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, I think they are doing this as a "quick fix" for their image. Instead of making substantial changes, they are doing what is the cheapest thing to help improve their image.
On a side note, maybe add cleaners to the list of people to hire. The coach I was on (the third run I think) was disgusting and had candy strewn all over the place. You know it hadn't been cleaned in a while.
This morning I sat on a seat whose cushion looked like someone forgot the "wings".
ReplyDeleteYou know what I mean?
Fucking gross.
Ugh. Those are last resort only seats.
ReplyDeleteAnd now I need another shower (and not because of the heat).
And a chainsaw!
ReplyDeleteThey paint the cars as regular upkeep anyway. Now when they do it, it will just be the new colours.
ReplyDeleteI'm ok with a paint as they go but not, Hey, we just painted those cars. Let's paint them again!
ReplyDeleteThey don't paint them as frequently as Anonymous seems to imply. While refurbished cars are repainted, the paint on the oldest of the new MP40 locomotives is hardly 7 years old, and still in good shape. That locomotive was hardly in need of new paint, but they'll likely paint them all before long...just to "rebrand" everything at the cost of riders' fares.
ReplyDeleteThe black portion across the bottom of the coaches hides the destinctive octagonal shape.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I see three shades of green clashing. They need to pick *one* green.
And of course they hired a branding expert or designer to tell them to slightly change the shade of green.
ReplyDeleteIt even made today's newspaper:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2013/07/16/go_transit_trains_and_buses_get_a_makeover.html
some of the comments are pretty funny.
Maybe the green was meant for camouflage
ReplyDeleteHell man! Thats one hell of an ugly paint job! The original look is best! It's clean and simple. If they really needed to (rebrand) Look how NorthStar transit does there rail cars! http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3363783234_c8dc030956.jpg
ReplyDeleteThe cost of painting those car that ugly combo doesn't come out of the fares we pay. GO recovers about 80% of the cost of operations from the farebox meaning every ride you take gets a 20% subsidy from the province. It's about the best return in North America. The painting comes from the capital budget that's 100% provided by the province. They're not wasting your fares, they're wasting your taxes!
ReplyDeleteFeel better now?