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Showing posts with label profits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label profits. Show all posts
Friday, December 29, 2023

The 2022 farebox numbers

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I remembered the National Transit Database a bit earlier this year, so here are the top hitters for 2022, and we can see the ridership rec...
Thursday, December 28, 2023

Ten things to remember about public and private transportation

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With a bunch of articles in the news recently about private intercity bus service, it's important to keep in mind several points: ...
Sunday, January 22, 2023

The 2021 farebox numbers

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Alexander asked on Twitter about the series of posts I did on farebox recovery ratios reported to the United States National Transit Data...
Friday, February 26, 2016

The Via experience

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Here in New York when people talk about "microtransit," they usually mean Uberpool or Lyftline , and those are the services I'...
Sunday, October 25, 2015

Private or public what?

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Recently with Uber, Lyft and even Leap, here has been a lot of discussion of public versus private transit. The stark opposition that some ...
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Sunday, October 4, 2015

Expanding transit and taxis

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I wrote recently that by making taxi service more convenient and flexible, electronic taxi hailing services like Uber and Lyft have the pot...
Friday, July 10, 2015

No, e-carpooling will not replace fixed-route buses

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A lot of people have been talking about "microtransit" lately - sometimes meaning shared e-hailing services like Uberpool and Lyft...
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Monday, December 30, 2013

Expensive commutes through the XBL

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The transit commuting tax benefit parity is expiring tomorrow, and Tri-State has a list of 24 "transit systems" where a monthly t...
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Luxury bus to Bethesda

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There's a big difference in comfort between trains and buses. Jarrett Walker acknowledges an intrinsic advantage of steel-wheeled vehi...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Bikeshare budgets, how do they work?

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I can now tell you that I'm a proud Citibike annual member, and I've been enjoying it. The biggest advantage is being able to use a...
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Saturday, February 2, 2013

If you care about the Northeast Corridor...

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Last week I mentioned that the Northeast Corridor between Washington, DC and New York City has a wealth of transit options , all of them gen...
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Monday, December 24, 2012

The MTA's $27 million consumer surplus

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One of the often repeated fears about dollar vans and other privately operated transit options is that they will "poach" customers...
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Monday, November 5, 2012

The disaster of New Jersey's emergency transit plan

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New Jersey's transportation infrastructure is in crisis. New Jersey Transit told Businessweek that 257 rail cars and 65 engines (23% a...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

What's so great about low farebox recovery?

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I just want to take a minute to talk about the ... strange statement that came out of the Straphangers Campaign last week, in response to th...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

How the high Acela fares save taxpayers money

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We know that Amtrak's Acela and Northeast Regional services are among the few Amtrak services that take in enough in tickets to cover th...
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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Amtrak revenue update update

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In response to my post last night about Amtrak ridership and revenue, Paul Druce pointed out that Amtrak's revenue numbers include gove...
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Saturday, September 8, 2012

How Amtrak can charge so much for the Northeast Corridor

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The New York Times tells us that if you focus only on trains and planes, Amtrak's share of the Northeast Corridor travel market is abou...
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Friday, July 27, 2012

Shit or get off the pot

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I've written before about how the MTA is unwilling to innovate to solve transit problems. In particular, they are unwilling to try bus...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

The Hidden Downside of That Thing You Like

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I've been unkind to Will Doig in the past; I think I called his frustrating police-our-own article about cycling "horseshit."...
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Monday, May 7, 2012

Investing in private buses

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If you take "dollar vans" in the New York area, you'll notice an obvious difference between the ones that run on Flatbush, the...
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