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Originally Posted by Reesonov
I've always found it strange the way that Salt Lake City's LRT purports to have three lines but the majority of the system all runs on the same corridor (unless I have no idea how to read SLC's transit map.) Perhaps that accounts for the lower than expected ridership numbers?
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Going from 44,000 riders to 63,000 in about 1 month is really exciting! It's all a matter of perspective I guess. For Canada 63,000 is weak, but when you consider that our ridership is now about the same as Denver, Dallas and St. Louis, I think that is something to be excited about; the size of the SLC/Wasatch Front metro is 2.2 million and the size of the Light Rail system is currently 35 miles. UTA set a goal for 58,000 by the end of 2011.
And having multiple lines running on the same track has been awesome because train availability has increased. You no longer have to wait 15 mins for the next train on that segment.
Once we finish the Airport and Draper extensions our light rail system will span 44.8 miles and that coupled with our commuter rail that will connect most of the length of the Wasatch Front metro in 2013 / 2014 will give us another nice shot in the arm in riders.
This is the best map I have seen thus far (though it doesn't show FrontRunner's length at all):