[Doady]

I thought BART is interesting because it's an S-Bahn style system in North America, but Washington is even better. With more local and crosstown service, Washington would be a robust network, equal of San Francisco, if not even better.

Btw, the Toronto light rail numbers seem to be a correct. 504 King alone is 80k weekday boardings for example. If you look at previous years, system was around 300k total per weekday, 504 King was around 40k but with the new LRVs and the new transit priority measures along King the ridership skyrocketed.

Also it's sad seeing the way the governor of Wisconsin has destroyed Milwaukee's transit system. Milwaukee used to be the leader among US metropolitan areas from 1 million to 2 million. Even in just 10 years, ridership has fallen to almost half, down to the Charlotte level now. Even with a more supportive government it will be hard for the system to recover.