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Originally Posted by M1EK
The problem with BRT isn't that people are bad for not wanting to ride buses - it's that people are smart to not want to ride buses - because for the most part, buses suck, if you already have a car and don't have to pay a lot of money to park.
If your only answer to this is that you work with people who don't mind riding the bus, then this is a complete waste of time - any investment of this magnitude that is incapable of attracting new riders who previous drove is incredibly foolhardy.
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I don't understand where you are coming from.
More people are riding buses now because of the price of gas. A lot of the increased ridership comes from the express routes to downtown, that don't take any longer than driving, and will save the average rider at least 25 miles round-trip per day/125 miles per week. People don't ride because they don't mind the bus, they ride because it is cheaper to ride the bus.
There is nothing wrong with buses. The point of LRT in a city such as San Antonio is to better serve high volume corridors. I don't think that we need anymore bus routes (have you seen VIA's bus route map), and this includes BRT.
The city needs to focus on developing Commuter Rail and some form of LRT within the 410 loop. If by 2020 we can have at least the SA-A Commuter line, two LRT lines, and some trolley lines we will be sitting pretty.