"Light rail is actually a low-capacity system, and the streetcar is simply irrelevant. TriMet's buses carries two-thirds of all regional transit trips on a daily basis, and that's the service that should be recognized as high-capacity transit. Unfortunately, bus service is being sacrificed by TriMet in order to build costly new rail lines that carry relatively few people."What do you have to say to that, TriMet?
My only wonder is if this is credible information?
My only wonder is if this is credible information?
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The study is put out by the Cascade Policy Institute.They are funded in part by the likes of the Koch Brothers,Wm.Scaife,Coors etc.Most conservative think tanks are not supportive of mass transit.
"The field research shows that continued use of the phrase 'high-capacity transit' by local planners to describe the regional rail program is Orwellian," Cascade President John A. Charles, Jr. said in a statement
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I'm interested to see how research shows that something is "Orwellian." Is there some meter / gauge / rule / etc, that has the label "Orwellian" on it? Maybe something similar to this?
What is true is that despite the cumulative billions spent on MAX, it carries just 1% of total trips taken.
Bicycling in Portland actually transports more people than MAX and bus combined.
While the source is most definitely biased, it does have a shred of truth to it in that in the overall scheme of things, MAX comes at a huge cost both just to build and operate, plus the cost of lost bus service; while not creating a meaningful solution to our transportation woes.
Well it's not like MAX goes everywhere...I don't think many people use it between Lake Oswego and Oregon City.
How dreadfully uninformed. The Portland Streetcar, on any given day, carries more passengers than TriMet's Yellow Line.
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