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Originally Posted by phil235
This is where I lose you. It’s not rare at all for people to take 2-3 km rides a few times a week. Or at least it wasn’t. That was exactly my situation. Previously I would split my commit between walking and taking transit, and would take the bus to the Market or to go out multiple times a week. All roughly 2 km and always paying using Presto.
My neighbourhood was full of people doing that. I imagine if you draw a circle out 3 km from downtown you would get lots more people with similar habits. Go 4 or 5 and it’s a significant portion of your ridership A huge chunk of those regular transit users have been lost due to cuts, and that is pure lost revenue for the system.
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Not rare but not enough to support the service or it wouldn't have been cut. These trips are a tiny percentage of revenue. The idea a huge chunk of this was lost because busses run less frequently alos seems dubious. For sure cuts and fare increases and Uber/scooters/bike lanes make these less common though I think the latter are biggest factor of the three.
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