by eolesen
Increasing frequency for workers won't increase ridership. You'll dilute existing traffic from adjacent frequencies.
Leisure riders won't suddenly start taking the train because it leaves an hour or less earlier than the existing schedule. They have that flexibility.
Let's also not pretend that "people who most need public transit" are suddenly living 20+ miles away from downtown in $300K+ homes with $8K+ property tax bills.
That's who benefits the most from Metra's legacy diesel lines and the SWS/NCS...
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Leisure riders won't suddenly start taking the train because it leaves an hour or less earlier than the existing schedule. They have that flexibility.
Let's also not pretend that "people who most need public transit" are suddenly living 20+ miles away from downtown in $300K+ homes with $8K+ property tax bills.
That's who benefits the most from Metra's legacy diesel lines and the SWS/NCS...
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