[PRCo] Who'da thunk it?

[Fred Schneider]

6/17/2008    Ridership in Los Angeles copied from Progressive  
Railroading.  I'm not sure I would apply the word spike to the  
headline over a 5.5% gain but it is Los Angeles and different laws of  
physics apply there.   They don't even need guard rails on elevated  
structures!   The weekday average is probably very close to 300,000  
passengers.   fws

Los Angeles MTA's subway, light-rail ridership spike in May

Last month, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation  
Authority’s (LACMTA) Metro Rail ridership increased 6 percent  
compared with May 2007 — one of the highest year-over-year spikes on  
record, according to the agency.

More than 7.6 million passengers boarded LACMTA’s two subway and  
three light-rail lines last month vs. 7.2 million in May 2007.

The authority expects ridership to rise even more when the six-mile  
Metro Gold Line Eastside extension to East Los Angeles opens next  
year and the Exposition light-rail line from downtown L.A. to Culver  
City opens in 2010.