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Originally Posted by ssiguy
More bad news for US transit as it continues it's decline. All of the 5 biggest systems saw marginal declines.
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None of this is true. Literally fakenews.
MTA subway carries 70% of all heavy rail riders in U.S. and has a nearly 3% 2Q ridership gain. LIRR, nation's largest commuter rail operator, had a nearly 11% 2Q ridership gain. MTA bus, nation's largest bus agency, had a 1% 2Q ridership gain.
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Originally Posted by ssiguy
Transit agencies will try to write it off by asserting that ridership is declining due to urber/llyft, working at home, ride sharing etc but that is a ridiculous cop-out for public consumption.
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Except it's absolutely confirmed that rideshare has had a significant impact throughout the planet. The rise in rideshare correlates exactly with declines in transit share.
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Originally Posted by ssiguy
So many of the US systems even in mid-sized citiies have such pathetically low ridership that they should simply shut down except for services to the elderly & disabled.
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Not sure of the point of this non-sequitur, outside of trolling. You're apparently mad that big cities have too low transit share, and mad that small cities have too high transit share.