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Old Posted Jul 31, 2016, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by nixcity View Post
Read the whole article. It points out what we already knew. We have the worst rail Line in the country.
Not that this is the greatest article ever and especially Mr. Scags, but they do pony out how pathetic the red line is and how it has hurt bus transit by syphening off money (more important the increases in price which most all cities have done) or by taking money from a quality light rail line that could have had subsidies under $3. Also, the comments are quite interesting.
In what way is it the worse in he country?
Ridership?
Latest data on Red Line ridership is from May 2016, average weekday ridership is now 2660, Saturday is now 1706.
Music City Star is 750
Downeaster is 1300
WES is 1700
DCTA is 1900
Shoreline East is 2000
North Star is 2500
So it's not the worse in weekday ridership.
How about riders per mile?
Downeaster is 9 riders per mile
Music City Star is 23 riders per mile
Capital Corridor is 29 riders per mile
Rail runner Express is 30 riders per mile
Shoreline East is 34 riders per mile
Keystone Services is 44 riders per mile
ACE is 58 riders per mile
North Star Line is 63 riders per mile
Red Line is 88 riders per mile
DCTA is 90 riders per mile.
So it's not the worse in riders per mile either.

Therefore, I suggest it is not the worse commuter rail line in America.
Sources of most of the data https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...s_by_ridership
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