http://thecityfix.com/public-transit-ridership-hits-record-highs/ Sustainable Urban Mobility Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 http://thecityfix.com/public-transit-ridership-hits-record-highs/comment-page-1/#comment-11329 Moving Through the Recession, Part 1: Trends in Transit Ridership | TheCityFix.com Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:09:50 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/public-transit-ridership-hits-record-highs/#comment-11329 [...] ridership in the United States had risen to its highest level in 52 years. (We wrote about this before.) Transit advocates were thrilled; they touted this statistic as evidence of growing support for [...] [...] ridership in the United States had risen to its highest level in 52 years. (We wrote about this before.) Transit advocates were thrilled; they touted this statistic as evidence of growing support for [...]

]]> http://thecityfix.com/public-transit-ridership-hits-record-highs/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Dario Hidalgo Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:06:27 +0000 http://thecityfix.com/public-transit-ridership-hits-record-highs/#comment-671 In general using the stimulus package in transit is good. It will be very important to use cost-effectiveness as a key element in the decision making process. Alternatives analysis show that bus based systems are more cost-effective than comparative rail systems, but rail systems remain more popular for the community at large (partially due to lack of knwledge or understanding of high quality Bus Rapid Transit systems). See for example the current debate on the proposed purple line in Maryland: According to the alternatives analysis submitted for public comment (http://www.purplelinemd.com/aadeis) BRT is more cost effective and better in GHG than LRT, but commentators still endorse LRT on the basis of more potential for economic development (see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/15/AR2008111502142.html and http://www.gazette.net/stories/12122008/poliedi153632_32470.shtml) and there are much more voices in the community in favor of Light Rail (see http://www.gazette.net/stories/12102008/bethnew201838_32477.shtml) Wold the stimulus package result in several high cost, low impact projects? It will be not only important to foster job creation in the short term, but more sustainable and livable cities, and reduced GHG in the medium and long term. In general using the stimulus package in transit is good. It will be very important to use cost-effectiveness as a key element in the decision making process. Alternatives analysis show that bus based systems are more cost-effective than comparative rail systems, but rail systems remain more popular for the community at large (partially due to lack of knwledge or understanding of high quality Bus Rapid Transit systems). See for example the current debate on the proposed purple line in Maryland:
According to the alternatives analysis submitted for public comment (http://www.purplelinemd.com/aadeis) BRT is more cost effective and better in GHG than LRT, but
commentators still endorse LRT on the basis of more potential for economic development (see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/15/AR2008111502142.html and
http://www.gazette.net/stories/12122008/poliedi153632_32470.shtml)
and there are much more voices in the community in favor of Light Rail (see
http://www.gazette.net/stories/12102008/bethnew201838_32477.shtml)
Wold the stimulus package result in several high cost, low impact projects? It will be not only important to foster job creation in the short term, but more sustainable and livable cities, and reduced GHG in the medium and long term.

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