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I didn't know it was seriously planned before recent. Seems like this would have been better. How is the Main street line doing? Whenever I drive beside it it's rather empty. Seems event orientated, does it serve TMC well enough? Do employees/students/patients use that line?
When the University in is complete i will predict a higher usage then Red-Main Line.
a lot of students live in Midtown and Uptown...With a rail system taking them to the Rice, TSU and UH schools..on top of your regular working Americans...i can easily see that line carrying 50-60k people.
Houston will have a fairly strong ridership when it is entirely completed around 150k-200k ridership. It will connect Uptown to Downtown. Downtown to the Third Ward (UH and TSU). Northline Commons to Reliant. Uptown to memorial Park. Downtown to East Magnolia (Warehouse district)
When the University in is complete i will predict a higher usage then Red-Main Line.
a lot of students live in Midtown and Uptown...With a rail system taking them to the Rice, TSU and UH schools..on top of your regular working Americans...i can easily see that line carrying 50-60k people.
Houston will have a fairly strong ridership when it is entirely completed around 150k-200k ridership. It will connect Uptown to Downtown. Downtown to the Third Ward (UH and TSU). Northline Commons to Reliant. Uptown to memorial Park. Downtown to East Magnolia (Warehouse district)
its going to be nice
forget about the universities, that line goes to the biggest draw of all, the Galleria. I see that alone tippling the current ridership. I hope that brings new life to the galleria and easing traffic there
What do you mean comparing miles? Houston only has 7.5 miles of LRT, DART has 72.
If you only have one small line of rail compared to an entire system, of course ridership per mile will be higher for the former.
Exactly, I'd like to see Houston have 72 miles and still have the same average ridership per mile. My guess is those numbers are gonna go way down, and that's once they actually have something comparable to our system.
What do you mean comparing miles? Houston only has 7.5 miles of LRT, DART has 72.
If you only have one small line of rail compared to an entire system, of course ridership per mile will be higher for the former.
I meant ridership in comparion to how many miles each system has. Not even talking about ridership per mile, but that proves my point more. Houston will have the same, if not a litle more riders than DART after Phase II is complete. And that's about 40 miles of track (Houston) vs 72 miles of track (DART). Not sure why this is surprise. Houston's runs through urban areas, while Dallas' runs through old rail beds.
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