Jack May
2007-09-20 18:43:36 UTC
San Francisco is trying to figure out how to fix their "city's
oft-disparaged transit system". The are finding only a fraction of the
transit system carries a lot of people. I guess they did not care very much
since they had not even looked at usage in more than 20 years.
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"Consider that out of the 80 lines Muni operates, 30 bus lines and five
streetcar lines carry three of every four passengers. And those 30 bus lines
travel along just 10 corridors."
"It is the first time in more than two decades that San Francisco's transit
system - the largest in the Bay Area - has been picked apart and examined
line by line, hour by hour."
"Late this year or early next year, the ongoing assessment will end with a
list of recommendations on how to improve Muni, which provides nearly
700,000 trips a day."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/20/BA3CS9FNG.DTL
oft-disparaged transit system". The are finding only a fraction of the
transit system carries a lot of people. I guess they did not care very much
since they had not even looked at usage in more than 20 years.
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"Consider that out of the 80 lines Muni operates, 30 bus lines and five
streetcar lines carry three of every four passengers. And those 30 bus lines
travel along just 10 corridors."
"It is the first time in more than two decades that San Francisco's transit
system - the largest in the Bay Area - has been picked apart and examined
line by line, hour by hour."
"Late this year or early next year, the ongoing assessment will end with a
list of recommendations on how to improve Muni, which provides nearly
700,000 trips a day."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/20/BA3CS9FNG.DTL