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In response to "They average 86,000 passengers per day, nationwide. The Brooklyn Bridge carries 120,000 cars per day. -- nm" by Ender

that's some serious under-usage -- nm

Posted by zork May 13 '15, 14:25

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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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