Hard question to answer without stats for the last couple of
months, but possibly so. You have to compare ridership
year-over-year to eliminate the wide seasonal variation around
here, of course. The latest figures I've got are for February, so
here's how that looks for the last couple of years:
Total ridership
February 2006 333,851
February 2007 330,429
February 2008 345,473
So yes, there does seem to be a little uptick in total ridership,
and this despite a slight decrease in campus use:
Campus Other Rural
Urban
February 2006 119,655 179,469 34,728
February 2007 106,204 188,270 35,955
February 2008 107,053 200,573 37,847
I'll post an update when the figures for March and April become
available.
Jon
Simon St.Laurent wrote:
> Does anyone know if we've seen this effect on TCAT?
>
> Thanks,
> Simon St.Laurent
> http://livingindryden.org/
>
>
> Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/business/10transit.html
>
> DENVER — With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters
> are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead.
>
> Mass transit systems around the country are seeing standing-room-only
> crowds on bus lines where seats were once easy to come by. Parking lots
> at many bus and light rail stations are suddenly overflowing, with
> commuters in some towns risking a ticket or tow by parking on nearby
> grassy areas and in vacant lots.
>
> "In almost every transit system I talk to, we're seeing very high rates
> of growth the last few months," said William W. Millar, president of the
> American Public Transportation Association.
>
> "It's very clear that a significant portion of the increase in transit
> use is directly caused by people who are looking for alternatives to
> paying $3.50 a gallon for gas."
>
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