10-22-2014, 01:24 AM
(10-22-2014, 01:01 AM)fakepnijjar Wrote: Thanks for posting some numbers on BRT vs LRT on the TriTAG site. The argument seems plausible but has a natural rebuttal: that the LRT will never meet the 56000 riders you are projecting (some are questioning whether it will get 25000 riders a day, after all).
People can question if the earth is round if they so wish. The 25K riders a day target is, if anything, conservative. People who doubt this projection are either incredibly ignorant (and we have several of those running in this election) or not arguing in good faith, or both.
The 56K target, on the other hand, is a bit more aggressive and reasonable people might disagree whether its achievable or not. Personally I think we will be way over that target by the time 2030 comes around. For one I expect the LRT to be significantly faster as traveling speeds increase over time while traffic on the highway becomes significantly slower.