I found this interesting: âThe best way to do it is to build transit hubs in the communities like has been done in this area,â he said. âIt often really is a chicken or the egg question. You donât have the people to attract the funding and you canât attract funding without the riders. Suburb to suburb is really something that has been eluding us so far.â
http://www.mnsun.com/story.asp?city=Eagan&story=132540 Its a tough cookie to have that sort of transportation. The best ideas I've seen involve having fixed guideways like Commuter Rail, BRT, and LRT -- instead of having no stops from the outskrits to downtown have some limited transfer points where people can get from one express bus to another and have reverse commute. Start making it so people don't have to go all the way downtown to use reverse commute busses. Hopefully then, some areas would start having dense enough development to facilitate grid based fixed-route transit systems in areas near fixed guideway stops. It's hard to say where transfer points can be for suburb to suburb routes however -- they need to be fast enough for people to use and save time, but enough riders to support higher frequencies. It's tough, but using systems (with proof of payment fares) that have small opportunity time cost to make a stop to let off and take on passangers is the begenning. -- Scott Dier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> KC0OBS http://www.ringworld.org/ -- http://www.railworks.org/ -- http://publictransportation.org/ -- Stop "playing political splat ball," support the Northstar Train! _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
