Board members at WMATA trying to figure out how to get more people riding without doing anything to reduce wait times--it's a grim reality that many transit systems in USA are run by people with no sense of what makes transit useful
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I will say this for WMATA: however incompetently, the board at least feels an obligation to get ridership higher. Many similar boards feel no such obligation--if ridership drops, who are they to try and reverse that trend?
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That said--given they have no financial incentive to carry more people, it's sort of understandable why they aren't alarmed. Even at high volumes, they're structured to operate at a loss--running more service would mean more riders, but also larger total losses. Profit matters!
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Not quite true.
#wmata farebox recovery 40% of operating budget & receives $1+ billion in capital subsidies. However, both op+capital expenses dominated by fixed costs --> infrastructure & peak capacity needs. More service, esp. off-peak, wouldn't necessarily increase losses.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Good to know for WMATA--but that third tweet of mine wasn't addressed at them in particular, rather at transit authorities in general
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