[PRCo] Re: pat__service__cuts__2007.01.23-changed to 2/1/07

[Fred Schneider]

I might point out that John is the one of us in a position to see the  
numbers from year to year.   He is an insider.

On Feb 3, 2007, at 10:14 AM, John Swindler wrote:

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> Manchester office space built 70s when ridership was peaking around  
> 115-120
> million per year.  It's since shrunk to around 80 million.
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>> From: Joshua Dunfield <joshuad at cs.cmu.edu>
>> Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: pat__service__cuts__2007.01.23-changed to  
>> 2/1/07 Date:
>> Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:19:47 -0500
>>
>> John Swindler wrote:
>>> From today's Post Gazette.
>>>
>>> One could ask the question: why did PAT need more space when system
>>> ridership was declining.
>>
>> I heard about this brilliant real estate decision from a 28X driver a
>> year or two ago.  He thought they did it so the upper management  
>> could
>> have the rarefied atmosphere of the Duquesne Club nearby.
>>
>> Actually, *was* system ridership declining circa 2000?  I'm pretty
>> sure it increased in at least some of the years I was in Pittsburgh
>> ('00-'06), which wouldn't be surprising given that the system was
>> expanding in 2000-01; the West Busway opened, the East Busway  
>> extension
>> and Overbrook reconstruction were ongoing, and 24 hour service began
>> on a few buses.
>>
>> Best,
>> -j.
>>
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