Yes, that is the fundamental point on which the design of any system must be based. But I do not claim that the Lynx Consortium went as far as our Spanish friends did with their study. It was simply an update of the tripartite study in which several companies came together to see how they could create such a system. They looked at a number of details, such as schedules, organizational and operational structures, and so on. It would be useful to update that study.
On May 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.