Friday, May 13, 2011
Rights? What Rights?
Americans' rights are dwindling away by day.
Here is the latest: Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home
Here is the latest: Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home
Down with PMLR! (if only...)
I believe the light-rail system is beneficial in several ways. It helps the environment by getting some cars off the road. It helps relieve traffic congestion and is convenient for people to use. That's all good stuff. But is now the right time to implement such a huge and costly ($1.5 billion) project with government agencies and schools claiming multimillion-dollar budget shortfalls?
I hope the next time TriMet decides to put in a new light-rail line it doesn't end up going through your yard, because if you are in its path, you will have absolutely no say in the matter. I would prefer they go away and leave me alone, but that's not going to happen.
We're #1! We're #....wait, we're #12?
'#12 Transit'? TriMet, Portland area ranking in Brookings study not on board with bus ads
Great waste of $8,000+ on those ads, TriMet.
TriMet is #12 out of 100 transit agencys. So i guess that's pretty good, but still far from #1 like TriMet has been claiming.
Great waste of $8,000+ on those ads, TriMet.
TriMet is #12 out of 100 transit agencys. So i guess that's pretty good, but still far from #1 like TriMet has been claiming.
TriMet’s Ministry of Propaganda
They have released the April ridership numbers! And again, as usual, the numbers are compared to last April (2010). Why don’t they compare the numbers to the previous month? That makes so much more sense!
Here are TriMet’s ridership numbers from this last April compared to April 2010:
BUS, MAX, AND WES
· Weekly trips were 2,037,550 up 3.6 percent
· Weekday trips were 335,300, up 3.8 percent
· Weekend trips were 360,900, up 2.6 percent
· Rush hour trips were 105,700, up 3.5 percent
BUS
· Weekly bus trips were 1,197,400, down 0.3 percent
· Weekday bus trips were 201,600, down 0.3 percent
· Weekend bus trips were 189,400, down 0.5 percent
· Rush hour bus trips were 65,500, down 0.5 percent
MAX
· Weekly MAX trips were 832,100, up 9.6 percent
· Weekday MAX trips were 132,100, up 10.5 percent
· Weekend MAX trips were 171,500, up 6.3 percent
· Rush hour MAX trips were 38,600, up 10 percent
MAX GREEN LINE
· Weekday trips averaged 23,200, up 18.4 percent
· Weekend trips averaged 24,800, up 0.4 percent
WES
· Weekday/rush hour trips were 1,610, up 27.8 percent
· Weekly WES trips totaled 8,050, up 27.8 percent
And here are last March’s ridership numbers as compared to March 2010:
Bus, MAX, & WES
· Weekly trips were down 1.5 percent, to 1,916,000 trips
· Weekday trips were down 0.5 percent to 316,500 trips
· Weekend trips were down 5.8 percent to 333,400 trips
· Rush hour trips were up 1.5 percent to 100,520 trips
Bus
· Weekly bus trips declined 2.6 percent to 1,138,500 trips
· Weekday bus trips declined 1.8 percent to 192,000 trips
· Weekend bus trips were down 6.4 percent to 178,500 trips
· Rush hour bus trips were up 0.2 percent to 62,600 trips
MAX
· Weekly MAX trips were flat with 769,900 trips
· Weekday MAX trips were up 1.4 percent to 123,000 trips
· Weekend trips were down 5.1 percent to 154,900 trips
· Rush hour trips were up 3.1 percent to 36,400 trips
MAX Green Line
· Weekday trips averaged 21,700, up 13.6 percent
· Weekend trips averaged 24,100, up 2.6 percent
WES
· Weekly WES trips increased 23.6 percent to 7,600 trips
· Weekday/rush hour trips increased 23.6 percent to 1,520 boardings.
And here I have compared April 2011 ridership to March 2011’s past ridership, giving us a much more accurate ridership account:
BUS, MAX, WES
Weekly: Increase of 121,550 trips. About a 6.3% increase.
Weekday: Increase of 18,800 trips. About a 5.9% increase.
Weekday: Increase of 27,500 trips. About an 8.3% increase.
Rush Hour: Increase of 5,180 trips. About a 5.2% increase.
BUS
Weekly: Increase of 58,900 trips. About a 5.2% increase.
Weekday: Increase of 9,600 trips. A 5% increase.
Weekend: Increase of 10,900 trips. About a 6.1% increase.
Rush Hour: Increase of 2,900 trips. About a 4.6% increase.
MAX
Weekly: Increase of 62,200 trips. About an 8.1% increase.
Weekday: Increase of 9,100 trips. About a 7.4% increase.
Weekend: Increase of 16,600 trips. About a 10.7% increase.
Rush Hour: Increase of 2,200 trips. About a 6% increase.
GREEN LINE MAX
Weekday: Average increase of 1,500 trips. About a 6.9% increase.
Weekend: Average increase of 700 trips. About a 2.9% increase.
WES
Weekly: Increase of 450 trips. About a 5.9% increase.
Weekday/Rush Hour: Increase of 90 boardings. About a 5.9% increase.
Bus, Max, and Wes ALL had ridership increases when being compared to the previous month. Max and Wes were not the only ones that had a rise in ridership—bus ridership also rose.
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