San Francisco transit 11 routes carry 75% of passengers

[Jack May]

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

[George Conklin]

Post by Jack May
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

They should also consider costs in their study.

[Jack May]

Post by George Conklin
They should also consider costs in their study.

The have a pot of money and they say they will spend it all.

San Jose is also trying what to do to make their system run fewer empty
busses and trains. The California legislators has drastically cut the
money going to transit and moved the money to the general fund.

The transit agencies are probably being forced to reconsider what they are
doing because of the loss in money.

They are true believers in transit and way too ignorant to do anything that
is rational or cost effective.