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Originally Posted by Spr0ckets
But isn't this what everyone wanted (circa about a year, or year and a half ago......re: immigration and less students/immigrants coming in)?
Except nobody seemed to be aware at the time that this might be one of the consequences.
Regardless of year-over-year ridership increase (which is more a snapshot for the moment, rather than an indication of the trend to the future that is the issue for translink's forecasted shortfall), an overall declining population growth numbers - with most of the decline happening in demographics that would likely ride transit more, doesn't bode well for Translink's prospects in this regard.
Maybe the current extension to the skytrain line will mitigate some of that by adding more riders from farther out, but it's hard to see it being by much.
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For quite awhile now it seems whenever I ride the Expo Line mid-day (when it should be quieter) there's at least a 50% chance it'll be standing room only. Sometimes it looks like just before rush hour.
People like Skytrain, so even if we do get a population decline I doubt it'll make much of a difference there. Maybe some bus routes will suffer but if TransLink does BRT right I can see that doing well.
Also transit service SoF has been outpacing the rest of the region. Adding Skytrain and BRT will only help.
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