Pat, whether you agree with Anon or not, what you’re suggesting that he do is so heartless that it really isn’t worthy of you. That kind of density never will be present in this region.Īre the ST3 rail extension megaprojects worth the (still undisclosed) tax costs of this kind of financing plan? The specific kind of density required for a successful light rail system is this: enough people who are required to commute to worksites within a quarter mile of stations need to reside within a quarter mile of enough stations. Light rail does not induce demand for mass transit. Around here employers won’t be demanding all their employees make daily commutes to crowded worksites near the Link stations. The pandemic - technically it was the lockdown orders from the states - accelerated remote working trends dramatically. The number of bus passengers fell by two-thirds.” Second-quarter ridership for subways, light rail, and commuter railroads plummeted by more than 85 percent by more than 85 percent compared with the year before, according to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). “The pandemic is the biggest crisis in decades to face a public transit industry that was already struggling to retain riders. Light rail ridership around the country dropped off a cliff:
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