Re: a bit more on SMART ridership
Author: Mueller
Date: 02-05-2018 - 10:39
Another misleading piece by naive reporters not doing any homework.
Farhad doesn't lie. He misleads in the same Nunes did: by not telling
the public or press the full story. Cherry picking is the name of the game
and he's good at it.
Here's what the data currently shows:
Ridership on weekdays is flat and paltry and below their
quasi official forecast of 3,000 per weekday.
Weekend ridership is still above forecast based on
interpolations, but declining as the last of the excursion
riders have taken their ride.
Farhad stopped providing ridership data to the Board in November.
One might suspect that it is because it reveals what those
of us following this fiasco know: it's a lot of money
to spend on a relatively few # of riders.
Some on this blog seem to think there is a significant "start-up"
period. Maybe they're right. The evidence so far is that
those taking the train to commute to work have found the train
and those that haven't have decided for many reasons not to.
My bet: not much is going to change in the near term.
SMART's biggest threat: watch reported taxable sales in Sonoma
Co. Their financial condition is very sensitive to declines in
tax revenues and whether the state steps up to mitigate the financial
exposure of local agencies in Sonoma and Napa.
Will the fires cause sales tax revenues to decline?
We'll soon find out.
RM
SMART Avg. Weekday Ridership from the MTC
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Robert Mueller |
02-04-2018 - 09:37 |
Re: SMART Avg. Weekday Ridership from the MTC
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Clem |
02-04-2018 - 10:35 |
Re: SMART Avg. Weekday Ridership from the MTC
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Muller |
02-04-2018 - 10:49 |
Re: SMART MTC data "I believe"- So where did you get them?
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BOB2 |
02-04-2018 - 11:54 |
Re: SMART MTC data "I believe"- So where did you get them?
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Mueller |
02-04-2018 - 13:52 |
Re: SMART MTC data "I believe"- So where did you get them?
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BOB2 |
02-04-2018 - 14:25 |
Re: SMART MTC data "I believe"- So where did you get them?
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Mueller |
02-04-2018 - 17:09 |
Re: SMART MTC data "I believe"- So where did you get them?
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Richard Hall |
02-04-2018 - 21:48 |
Re: SMART Avg. Weekday Ridership from the MTC
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Brian Pibbles ate my dingo. |
02-04-2018 - 14:05 |
Re: SMART Avg. Weekday Ridership from the MTC
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synonymouse |
02-04-2018 - 15:00 |
Some reliable numbers: 15,300 passengers/week
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Brian Pibbles ate my dingo. |
02-04-2018 - 15:52 |
Re: SMART Avg. Weekday Ridership from the MTC
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Rod |
02-04-2018 - 15:00 |
Robert Mueller, et.al = Richard Hall, hater of SMART
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Lurker |
02-04-2018 - 15:39 |
Trail Now copy/pasted Robert Muellers post here, so, yeah.
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Brian Pibbles ate my dingo. |
02-04-2018 - 15:54 |
Re: Oh So It's a Russian Bot?
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BOB2 |
02-04-2018 - 16:41 |
Re: Trail Now copy/pasted Robert Muellers post here, so, yeah.
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CWS |
02-05-2018 - 20:34 |
Re: Robert Mueller, et.al = Richard Hall, hater of SMART
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Richard Hall |
02-04-2018 - 17:36 |
Re: Robert Mueller, et.al = Richard Hall, hater of SMART
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Russian Bot |
02-04-2018 - 18:56 |
Re: Robert Mueller, et.al = Richard Hall, hater of SMART
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Craig Tambo |
02-04-2018 - 23:49 |
a bit more on SMART ridership
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Commenter |
02-05-2018 - 09:52 |
Re: a bit more on SMART ridership |
Mueller |
02-05-2018 - 10:39 |
Is that three trolll conspiracy theories?
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Just Sayin' |
02-05-2018 - 11:24 |