D'oh! BART gets slammed on Ridership predictions.
According to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, a 16.3-mile proposed extension of BART from Fremont through San Jose to Santa Clara is one of the least cost-effective potential projects in the U.S. -- with two of every three seats empty each weekday, reports the Mercury News.
Suprising for BART, which tends to be a pretty good transit system.
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amg | 11:12 AM |
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The problem with BART extensions to San Jose and Santa Clara is that there is that San Jose and Santa Clara are really spread out, there isn't a whole lot in downtown San Jose and even less in downtow Santa Clara. Think northern New Jersey around Fair Lawn but even less dense. Even more fun--much of the proposed BART extension follows or parallels the fairly new, existing light rail system, which last I checked at rather low ridership.
2 out of 3 seats empty, eh? 33% occupancy, then; compares favourably with cars, then where occupancy is 24% (1.2 passengers per car) by the latest UK stats.
