[PRCo] Re: Philadelphia You-Tube Video

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

> ----- Original Message ----

> From: Schneider Fred <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 5:29:47 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Philadelphia You-Tube Video
> 
> The city had 55% more people living within its borders 
>than there are there today and a lot more justification for rail
> transit as a result.  (The inverse number?   A loss of 35%.)

Isn't that a loss of 45%?

> 
> We can argue that rail will sustain higher patronage
> levels but we can't argue that rail today would be valid
> on all the routes...
> 
This is similar to what has been acknowledged with Pittsburgh
isn't it.


Phil