Re: the ridership graph.
HOLY ****, batman! The Portland streetcar ridership is greater than 50% that of Seattle's entire light rail system(!)*. Its doin' pretty damned good - I guess they are doing something right, proving there is a need for a central-city circulator.
*Seattle's link light rail has barely 30,000 weekday boardings compared to the streetcars ~18,000 riders/day.
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Here is a screenshot of a practical streetcar and MAX combination for MLK.
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I think it may be a bit much to have 2 max lines running parallel to each other only a mile apart. There are other corridors that desperately need MAX service - especially SW to Tualatin (relieve pressure from I-5).
I think a lot of people would ride the streetcar along MLK to, for instance, Broadway or the Lloyd District. Would it be worth the investment? Hmm...