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    1. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
      Replying to @380kmh

      Unsurprisingly, this sort of service is VERY expensive to provide, relative to conventional "fixed-route" transit.

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    2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
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      In my neck of the woods, a conventional trip costs about $2.50 to provide, a paratransit trip costs about $25.00

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
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      So if guardian transit is what we call paratransit, does that mean that commercial transit is fixed-route? You bet!

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    4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
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      A fixed-route service operates according to a regular schedule, along a specified route, making stops at predetermined locations.

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    5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
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      If you get the schedule, route, and stops right, this sort of transit can be incredibly profitable--as is the case in Tokyo and Osaka.

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    6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
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      The ideal form of coverage transit is something like a taxi (which, as I've mentioned before, is a type of public transit).

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    7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
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      The ideal form of ridership transit is something like a (grade-separated!) train.

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    8. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
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      The difference between the two has to do with the sort of networks they run on. The one uses a road system, the other uses dedicated tracks.

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    9. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
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      A vehicle on roads stops at most junctions, whenever it needs to change its route. A vehicle on dedicated tracks *only* stops for riders.

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    10. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
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      A bus or trolley that operates in mixed transit, by the way, is the worst of both worlds. It stops for every light AND for every stop.

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      Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016

      This has some implications for transit provision: where ridership is too low to justify commercial transit, stick to ensuring coverage.

      1:59 PM - 30 Aug 2016
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        2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
          Replying to @380kmh

          On the other hand, where ridership makes commercial transit viable, take all possible steps to ensure dedicated ROW, whether or not on rails

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        3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
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          Coverage transit, which cannot possibly turn a profit, should be provided by the state, as part of a social safety net.

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        4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 30 Aug 2016
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          Commercial transit, however, should aim for privatization and keep costs in line with revenue.

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