I haven't, that is; I'm not speaking for others. I do know that when I worked downtown, I much preferred riding the bus to driving; cost me less money than downtown parking, and probably only about five to fifteen minutes a day. (And I could make better use of the time on the bus reading than I can listening to the radio while driving. A big win for me, all in all.)
I'd really like to take a look at numbers, but a quick googling isn't helpful. The Metro Transit website talks about 231,000 "boardings" per weekday, but if that's true, substituting cars for any good percentage of those should be crowding the roads dreadfully, particularly during rush hour.
Me, I'd like to wave a magic wand and put heavy rail under the Cities. Anybody got a magic wand handy?
Biased numbers I can get. I'm curious as to what the fair numbers are.
Orthogonally: I remember, some years ago, looking at the numbers for retrofit modifications to busses and subways in NYC, and realizing that the supposed extremists who were claiming that it would be cheaper for the city to simply give unlimited cab service to the disabled were, in fact, correct.
I like the *idea* of good, inexpensive, public transportation, and I think that it's a reasonable thing to spend some tax dollars on. But I really would like to know what we're buying, and how much it's costing.
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Haven't looked at the numbers
Date: 2004-03-08 01:39 pm (UTC)I'd really like to take a look at numbers, but a quick googling isn't helpful. The Metro Transit website talks about 231,000 "boardings" per weekday, but if that's true, substituting cars for any good percentage of those should be crowding the roads dreadfully, particularly during rush hour.
Me, I'd like to wave a magic wand and put heavy rail under the Cities. Anybody got a magic wand handy?
Re: Haven't looked at the numbers
Date: 2004-03-08 02:23 pm (UTC)Re: Haven't looked at the numbers
Date: 2004-03-08 08:25 pm (UTC)Orthogonally: I remember, some years ago, looking at the numbers for retrofit modifications to busses and subways in NYC, and realizing that the supposed extremists who were claiming that it would be cheaper for the city to simply give unlimited cab service to the disabled were, in fact, correct.
I like the *idea* of good, inexpensive, public transportation, and I think that it's a reasonable thing to spend some tax dollars on. But I really would like to know what we're buying, and how much it's costing.