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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> <BR> <BR>Once the auto investment is made, the marginal cost for one more trip declines sharply. Not so transit where the cost per trip remains constant. The advantage of a monthly pass is that it has some perceptions like buying an auto - the marginal cost for one more trip is negligible. That's why SEPTA gets some amazing ridership totals. Amazing number of riders use Transpass.<BR> <BR> <BR><br> <BR><div>> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:27:26 -0500<br>> From: shadow@dementix.org<br>> To: pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Cleveland numbers<br>> <br>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Lattner, Raymond <rlattner@pa.gov> wrote:<br>> <br>> > Wow you guys are fussy. Didn't any of you read my disclaimer.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> You asked who. I answered. Ask a literalist questions, get answers you<br>> didn't really want.<br>> Worked out really well for my parents and all my employer so far. Ask what<br>> you actually mean,<br>> or get answers you didn't want. \<br>> <br>> I know people that use transit to and from work but that is it.<br>> > If going to church, shopping , doctors, relatives, etc. they use their<br>> > car, more convenient.<br>> ><br>> > At this point I would say that my big problems are off hours and weekends<br>> thanks to transit cuts, but even off hours I will try since many things I<br>> do are downtown or Oakland.<br>> <br>> We are a one car, two-driver household. Non-zero likelihood that I bus to<br>> New Ken tomorrow afternoon since my wife needs the car, and she will meet<br>> me after.<br>> <br>> By the way, neither one of my parents ever drove. Never a problem for us<br>> > growing up<br>> > In Mt. Oliver which had everything we needed within walking distance. My<br>> > dad got to and from work,<br>> > J&L South Side, mostly by trolley then bus and occasionally by co-worker<br>> > with a car. He also would<br>> > Walk to work sometimes in the summer but never walked home. Well, maybe<br>> > during transit strikes.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> During my bikeless period I walked from home to downtown and back several<br>> times. I needed the exercise!<br>> <br>> I will say the minute my sister and I turned 16 that was the end of public<br>> > transit for us.<br>> > My sister and I were now chauffeurs for my dad and mom.<br>> ><br>> > At 16 I drove as much as possible. That lasted 2 years, then after 4 more,<br>> for another 10. After age 32 it was a question of ejecting unneeded travel,<br>> driving or otherwise.<br>> Biking (exercise) doesn't count, because it turns out being fat sucks.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: http://mailman.dementix.org/pipermail/pittsburgh-railways/attachments/20131126/e7a84d69/attachment.html <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<br>> Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<br></div> </div>
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