[PRCo] Re: [PRCo]

[John Swindler]

There was a lot of sarcasm in that 'thanks'.  And rightfully so.


>From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: [PRCo]
>Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 10:22:12 -0400
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>And as I said to John personally ... no thanks are due.   We should
>be kicking ourselves in the behind because it will take a century to
>rebuild the cities we demolished in our haste to move to the suburbs
>to use the cheap oil.
>
>On May 1, 2006, at 8:46 AM, John Swindler wrote:
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> > Wait until March 2006 numbers show up.  Last falls 'Katrina'
> > related numbers
> > were only a speed bump.  Now we are starting to see some real
> > increases at
> > even the small agencies.  As an article from 12-18 months ago
> > forecasted:
> > 'we should give thanks at Thanksgiving 2005 for a century of cheap
> > oil.'
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >> From: Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> >> Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> >> Subject: [PRCo] Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:11:31 -0400
> >>
> >> Mark McGuire asked about patronage increases ... here was an item
> >> from Progressive Railroading relating to increases in riding in the
> >> 4th Quarter 2005 over 2004.
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> >>
> >> Progressive Railroading
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> >> 1/19/2006    Ridership
> >>
> >> All modes post third-quarter passenger gains, APTA says
> >>
> >> High gas prices helped spur ridership in all transit modes during
> >> third-quarter 2005, according to a recent American Public
> >> Transportation Association (APTA) report. Overall, transit ridership
> >> increased 3.3 percent compared with third-quarter 2004.
> >>
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> >>
> >> Light-rail ridership increased 8.8 percent during the third quarter
> >> compared with the same 2004 period. Ridership increased significantly
> >> in several cities, including Minneapolis (up 70.9 percent), Tampa
> >> (22.1 percent), Los Angeles (15.9 percent), San Diego (15.1 percent)
> >> and Houston (14.8 percent).
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> >>
> >>
> >> In the commuter-rail realm, ridership rose 4.6 percent. Cities
> >> registering gains include Chesterton, Ind. (up 10.4 percent),
> >> Philadelphia (9.9 percent), Harrisburg, Pa. (8.9 percent), San
> >> Carlos, Calif. (7.9 percent) and Los Angeles (5.7 percent).
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> >> Finally, heavy-rail ridership increased 4.3 percent compared with
> >> third-quarter 2004. Cities posting increases include Cleveland (up
> >> 7.8 percent), Los Angeles (7.7 percent), Philadelphia (7.6 percent),
> >> Boston (7.3 percent), Washington, D.C. (6.3 percent) and Chicago (6.2
> >> percent).
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> >> Although gas prices dipped in November, ridership didn’t well into
> >> the fourth quarter, according to a recent APTA survey. Eighty-eight
> >> percent of transit agencies reported ridership gains in November 2005
> >> compared with November 2004.
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