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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Still transit ridership is declining nation wide.  Privately run systems as well as funded systems.

Traditional transit is on deaths door even with higher density around the stations.  How many people did you know 10 years ago who worked form home and how many do you know today or who has a tele-work option or non traditional hours?

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Only very slightly and that in part is because gas prices have dropped the last couple of years which most people do not think is likely to be the long term trend and it is worth adding that nationally a big chunk of the loss in ridership is attributed to drops in Metrorail ridership which is due to the all of the problems WMATA has been having the last 4-5 years.

But new transit systems are still capturing similar percentages of riders where they are built and we do live in an area with a public transit culture and high rates of usage already so it would be strange for a new transit line in those circumstances to not capture a lot of ridership.

This is a dumb subject to keep debating since it is settled question but even the most conservative ridership projections for the PL would immediately make it one of the top 5 surface rail lines in the country in terms of ridership.[/quote]

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