But accepting this reality, and planning for it, means taking for granted that PEOPLE WANT TO TRAVEL, that travel is something you are trying to encourage more of, whether for "necessary" purposes or not. It means thinking WAY bigger than 10k daily riders--don't limit yourselves!
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Induced demand is very real: where you make a desirable thing easier to access, you get more people using it. For highways, this is a problem, because *highways slow down as they approach capacity.* But trains--if they have good doors and interiors, lol--don't have this problem!
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Increase frequency. Increase capacity. See just how many people really DO want to use trains! We already know they love traveling--our clogged highways speak to that! How will they like a mode which stays on schedule even when it's packed?
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One thing is clear, at least: the assumption that Americans just aren't interested in taking trains is dead. Give us the smallest incentive and we're all over them! What Americans hate are BAD trains: make them great and they will ride!
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All told, I'm very glad that the
@hartfordline was built at all. It's a wonderful step forward from the paltry Amtrak service that previously existed. But it remains a small step, too timid for the demands of the people who want to use it, and handicapped by outdated assumptions!1 reply 1 retweet 7 likesShow this thread -
It's time now to start thinking about how to further develop the line--time to start thinking about a future, not very far off at all, when daily ridership at Hartford Station alone exceeds the 10,000 that the entire line carried on opening day! This is the
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BE AMBITIOUS - SEEK EXCELLENCE Overturn people's idea of what "commuter rail" is! THIS COULD BE US!pic.twitter.com/OQJI4a7yR2
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Replying to @380kmh
did I see something about how some of these trains may (eventually?) continue past Springfield and into Pioneer Valley? that would be amazing if I could get to family in Amherst via Metro North + that..
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they won't go through Amherst, but starting next year, some trains will run past Springfield to and from Greenfield (via Holyoke and Northampton)
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great! Northampton would be fine. when I took the kids up to see my parents in April, took Vermonter to N'hampton. they picked us up, but afterwards realized that would be an easy PVTA trip to UMass, right?
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yes--at least during the school year!
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