People, in this town, will not pay
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Originally Posted by
Bigdd
Big discrepancy indeed. A majority do not pay.
The stats they released last Fall were that only 40% of riders bother to pay. Which was considered quite good actually,.. as the national average is 32.5% that pay.
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...idership-falls
So that's something the people proposing light rail need to factor in,... that actual ridership will likely only be perhaps 1/3 of what they are imagining,.. and only 1/3 of those will be paying. So with light rail,. you need to move the decmal one place to the left on whatever income the proponents claim the system will generate.
With a bus system,.. 95.5% of riders typically pay,.. and with subways,.. I think it's around 90%,.. but I can't find good data. New York is 89% I think,.. but they also stopped arresting turnstile jumpers.
Light rail is VERY hard to police. No driver,.. no turnstile, no restricted access.
I'm a light rail fan having lived in Portland and believe it to be the way to be but the politics around here suck and nothing will gain momentum in our [[GenZ/Mill) lifetimes...