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In response to "I don't know the answer: how much more would have to be spent on road maintenance if Amtrak didn't exist, because of increased car traffic? -- nm" by Reagen

They average 86,000 passengers per day, nationwide. The Brooklyn Bridge carries 120,000 cars per day. -- nm

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) May 13 '15, 14:22

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That doesn't really answer the question, nor is it directly comparable. - Reagen May 13, 14:28 6
- Travel facilitates economic activity for sure, way beyond paying the fare and maintaining the lines -- nm - con_carne May 13, 14:37
- Didn't mean to say it was directly comparable, just pointing out that 86,000 passengers nationwide isn't a lot. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:33
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- especially if the tracks are used by other carriers -- nm - zork May 13, 14:31 2
  - I should have added something about that above - use of trains for commercial transport purposes is still important. - b. May 13, 14:33 1
    - There's no way the tracks would go away. Nobody suggests the tracks should go away. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:36
that's some serious under-usage -- nm - zork May 13, 14:25 9
- no, it just means the rest of the non-NE Corridor routes bring down the average -- nm - professor smartbrain May 13, 14:27 8
  - The Northeast Regional and Acela lines alone account for 31259 per day. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:29 7
    - Over 365 days but people only commute 5 days a week -- nm - professor smartbrain May 13, 14:42 2
      - So...44k a day? - Will Hunting May 13, 14:44 1
        
        and a few holidays but close enough I'm sure. -- nm - zork May 13, 14:46
    - Hmmm, GO Transit around here does 215,000 per day (train plus 56k by bus -> 68M per year). Via, the national railroad does 4.1M per year mostly in the - zork May 13, 14:37 1
      - so 16k-ish per day (seemingly based on 250 travel days). Also, the governments subsidise some northern railways as an essential service. -- nm - zork May 13, 14:43
    - The bottom 10 lines in ridership account for 2924 passengers per day, combined. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:31 1
      - Expanding it to the bottom 20 gets us to 10214 per day. -- nm - Ender May 13, 14:35
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