[PRCo] Re: Philadelphia You-Tube Video

[Schneider Fred]

No it isn't.  Do the math.


On Dec 26, 2008, at 10:08 PM, Phillip Clark Campbell wrote:

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>> 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
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>> 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%.)
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> Isn't that a loss of 45%?
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>> 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...
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> This is similar to what has been acknowledged with Pittsburgh
> isn't it.
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