Re: Rail Transit
That's possible but I fear if you have a public transit and a private compete head to head, the public one will lose out. If the private one is able to price reasonably close to the public one, chances are good that the private one will cannibalize the ridership of the public which means downward spiral of death. If that's the case, better to just completely privatized The Bus though I can already hear the concerns of fare increases so thus the quandry.
That's one of the arguments for rail. That rail itself has a better transportation image to the middle class and will have a better chance at attracting more ridership. I know the anti-rail folks disagree but speaking from experience, if a route is served by bus and rail, I pick rail any day, not unless if the rail fare is so much more that I can't justify it.
Originally posted by GeckoGeek
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That's one of the arguments for rail. That rail itself has a better transportation image to the middle class and will have a better chance at attracting more ridership. I know the anti-rail folks disagree but speaking from experience, if a route is served by bus and rail, I pick rail any day, not unless if the rail fare is so much more that I can't justify it.
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