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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> <BR>Don't know. But it might be reversed, now. It's a very small sample size, so subject to noticeable fluctuations. Would probably average out and not be noticeable looking at system numbers.<BR> <BR>Maybe younger folks have a greater appreciation of the cost of auto travel????? Also noticed that we passed/or were passed by a lot of single occupant SUVs on 322. <BR> <BR>To quote a friend in Washington County: "It's amazing what people would rather have than money".<BR> <BR><br> <BR><div>> From: fwschneider@comcast.net<br>> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:07:42 -0400<br>> To: pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] 9/5/65 - Last day for PAT trolley lines<br>> <br>> The men in Hershey and women in Hummelstown is perplexing. Why?<br>> <br>> Older versus younger might represent a change in how some state or federal government agencies awarded parking spaces. <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On Apr 24, 2014, at 6:58 PM, John Swindler wrote:<br>> <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > When I first started riding the 7:20 am Hershey bus to Harrisburg around 2000, ridership never exceeded 6 during first year, and occasionally I was the only rider. After 5-6 years, a 40 foot bus was assigned when ridership routinely exceeded 20. By 2010, a third bus was added to the schedule to alleviate overcrowding.<br>> > <br>> > About the only constant for a dozen years was that I rode this bus. There was constant change in the ridership. For a few years it was mostly women. Then for a few years mostly men. Then switched back to women. At the end, men tended to board in Hershey, while the women boarded in Hummelstown. Even the age of riders fluctuated. Older riders in early years. A lot of young people at the end. <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> >> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:26:03 -0400<br>> >> From: shadow@dementix.org<br>> >> To: pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> >> Subject: Re: [PRCo] 9/5/65 - Last day for PAT trolley lines<br>> >> <br>> >> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider@comcast.net>wrote:<br>> >> <br>> >>> Unduplicated route miles in Toronto after the Bloor subway opened might<br>> >>> have been around 40ish. At that time Pittsburgh was still running to<br>> >>> McKeesport, Drake, Library, West View. Millvale and the West End One of my<br>> >>> favorite examples is a comparison of two almost identical cities …<br>> >>> Harrisburg, Pa. and Victoria, BC. Both have populations on the same order<br>> >>> of magnitude but the Canadian city has ten times more bus riders than the<br>> >>> Pennsylvania city … 150,000 on a weekday in Victoria versus 15,000 in<br>> >>> Harrisburg. You stand on the main streets in downtown Victoria in the<br>> >>> rush hour and you see buses swallowing up crowds of people. I did that in<br>> >>> 2007. Harrisburg? Why would I humble myself to ride a bus? I own a car.<br>> >>> <br>> >>> <br>> >> Why would I do either? my bike certainly took me from Camp Hill to the<br>> >> Eisenhower Interchange and back easily enough ;)<br>> >> <br>> >> <br>> >> <br>> >> -------------- next part --------------<br>> >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> >> URL: http://mailman.dementix.org/pipermail/pittsburgh-railways/attachments/20140424/aaf0366a/attachment.html <br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<br>> >> Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> >> https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > -------------- next part --------------<br>> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> > URL: http://mailman.dementix.org/pipermail/pittsburgh-railways/attachments/20140424/c1b408ee/attachment.html <br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<br>> > Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> > https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <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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