Volume does help. The problem I see that they need to correct is a
view of public transportation as ill suited to anyone with an income
over the poverty level in some cities.
Anyone will tell you that if you increase your volume you increase your profit.
Most public transportation does not get into enough neighborhoods
(not in my back yard) and reach enough people to make it truly cost effective.
I lived in one city (when I was growing up) that did not reach our
neighborhood with the bus for 15 years! My mother had a cleaning
lady and if she could not drive or get a ride she had no way of
getting to our house until they extended the bus routes. The other
problem was they cut off the bus in the early afternoon. DUMB.
Operating a public transportation service like a public utility might
make better sense and try and reach more people!!!!
Just a thought.
Stewart
At 07:25 PM 5/27/2009, you wrote:
Nothing they can do to increase ridership will help so long as they
operate under a model that has them loose money on each rider. You
can't make it up in volume.
Matthew
On May 27, 2009, at 6:01 PM, db wrote:
Nice gadget ... too bad that in times of increased ridership because
of gas prices/ economy and funding issues, most city bus systems are
facing budget shortfalls and service cutbacks...
Expensive gee wiz bus tech gadgets ... will that help or make the $
problem worse?
Honest question ... not sarcasm...
db
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