Again because they aim only at the lower income.
If they aimed at a higher income they would make money.
That is what I meant about neighborhoods not served.
In Europe their public transportation does not just aim at one socio
economic strata. It serves all.
In Canada (One I am again familiar with) they aim at all socio
economic strata. From Go Trains to street cars to buses and trains
serving many different areas.
Some of it is profit making some not, but since they serve a wider
area, they can subsidize the unprofitable with the profitable.
Like I said aim public transportation to folks above the poverty line
and serve them and it will make money.
Stewart
At 08:02 PM 5/27/2009, you wrote:
No, volume hurts most public transit because the cost to serve
additional passengers is greater than the revenue received from those
passengers. Yes, you can make a bit more if you are filling mostly
empty busses and train cars, but when you need to expand service to
need greater demand you will loose money if the increase in demand can
not generate sufficient revenue to pay the cost of expanded service.
It is very simple math.
Public utility models assume that on average every user covers their
costs. Public transit in the US typically does not.
Matthew
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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