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Originally Posted by SubwayRev
Ridership on those lines has actually more than doubled in the past 10 years. 2001 ridership was 125,00 per weekday, and in 2011 it was 275,000. Post West LRT, it is now over 300,000.
Agreed the 8th Ave subway is needed, and 4-car trains will only help temporarily, but transit ridership growth has been nothing short of spectacular the past 15 years.
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I should have been clearer than simply saying for almost a decade. Yes, weekday ridership in the fourth quarter of 2011 was 275 000. It was 297 500 in the fourth quarter of 2008. It was 271 100 in the fourth quarter of 2007.
LRT ridership growth was nothing short of spectacular until 2008. It peaked that year then declined and stagnated until the West LRT was built. Growth on the three lines I mentioned has been non-existent for seven and half years. That was when rush hour capacity was hit.
At this stage, I wouldn't be surprised if latent demand was enough to completely account for the gain in capacity from 4 car trains, especially on the South line. This situation is horrible if we want to develop TODs in the inner suburbs, where the trains are full and have been for some time.
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