[clue-talk] Hello CLUE

[Collins Richey]

On 8/7/06, Matt Gushee <matt at gushee.net> wrote:
> Nate Duehr wrote:

> >
> > I believe RTD publishes per-capita numbers in their annual report.  I
> > believe when I went looking for it, it was on their website.
> >
> > The total number of riders on RTD's entire system the last time I looked
> > was in single-digit percentages of the Metro area's population.
>
> That's no surprise. The numbers probably only get higher than that in a
> handful of well-known cities (New York, Boston, San Francisco,
> Philadelphia, maybe Chicago, ...). But I wanted to see if Collins had
> some actual data behind that remark, or if he was just manifesting his
> ideology ;-)
>

Nope, I pulled that swag out of the usual dark place. OTOH, 1% is not
too far off if the actual number is single digits. And, BTW, I doubt
that you orI have ever met anyone without an ideology.

The essence of my remark remains. The system benefits only a
relatively tiny portion of the taxpaying populace, and it probably
only improves traffic on the routes it parallels (major freeways). If
I lived and worked along the lightrail, I might choose to use the
service. The fact remains that we can't possibly budget enough money
to provide that type of service to very many areas.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.