[camle]

funny how all this demand exists. it’ll continue to exist until the system becomes operational, then it will evaporate, as it always does. the models the ‘experts’ use are faulty, adn their predictions will not come true.

has there ever been a ridership prediction for any mass transit proposal that was anyway near the actual figure?

expect even more rosier predictions until they give up entirely.

[scooby321]

I lived in Destin Florida about 20 years ago. Some people wanted another bridge, however the county had no money. People built the bridge and charged a toll.

Its a huge money maker. Moral of the story if it can make money it will be built.

[MeganC]

“has there ever been a ridership prediction for any mass transit proposal that was anyway near the actual figure?”

Yes.

http://www.capitolcorridor.org/included/docs/ccjpa/publicworkshops06.pdf

The 1998 ridership of the Amtrak California Capitol Corridor (463,000) exceeded the projections cast in 1991 of 165,000 by a consioderable margin. In 2009 and 2010 the ridership was up to 1.5 million which was well in excess of the 1991 projection for 2010 ridership of 450,000.