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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Wed Nov 12 07:22:28 2025, in response to Re: Middle Village and Maspeth NIMBYs come out to oppose IBX, posted by Stephen Bauman on Tue Nov 11 22:54:20 2025. Building transit services should result in increasing total ridership.I don't know if this is consensus. If something reduces overall travel time per passenger, reduces congestion, and serves as a new way to help people avoid obstacles (like when other parts of the system are undergoing maintenance), is it bad just because it didn't increase total ridership? In Paris (besides the circumferential Tram T3a/b which serves a whole bunch of existing Metro stations but yet is quite crowded), they are putting in both Metro to CDG airport and an expensive (premium fare) express line to the same airport even though that airport already has regional rail (that integrates to the Metro). I don't know how many people they will attract out of car-based services with all that, but I don't think that's the whole story. They want people having multiple routes into the city even by train, perhaps so that they don't all change at the same overcrowded station. Granted however, Paris is building outward too. |
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