Re: One track mindset on the runaway money train....???
Author: LES
Date: 02-11-2021 - 03:39
Currently over a million SJ riders per year for Merced-South. Adding the new ACE stations and service will induce greater ridership. Valley's current population increases will ensure more. System should be good for at least 2 million post pandemic.
An Observer Wrote:
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> I hate to go back to asking dumb questions, but
> why would someone want to ride to Bakersfield from
> Merced? Ride to college in Merced when you've got
> a perfectly good school in Bakersfield or vice
> versa? Business trip to Merced, for ???? Going to
> Bakersfield to discuss the sale of oil leases in
> Merced? The mall in Merced is shutting down so you
> need to go to Bakersfield to shop?