An interesting video on the real reasons for increasing ridership growth.
Hint: It has nothing whatsoever to do with how the trains are powered.
An Interesting Video On Why Caltrain Ridership Has Really Grown
Imagine running a modern rail transportation "service" for all of your potential transportation consumers which is operated in a manner that is based on their real modern complex observed travel needs, and not just based on outmoded peak travel demand models from a century ago?