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Re: The R8 Newtown line is not dead?

Posted by TransitChuckG on Thu Aug 27 12:16:04 2009, in response to Re: The R8 Newtown line is not dead?, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Aug 27 01:48:50 2009.

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From another email I got. BRT might be another way.


To all:



I have just received a copy of the 2005 BRT study conducted by BucksTMA on the Newtown Branch. While this is not the preferred or optimal use for the corridor, the study has some interesting findings which were not made available to the public, until now. Section 5 contains some interesting numbers for ridership projections, of 2,100 riders per day which is fairly significant for a bus route that does not offer direct service to Center City. I would imagine that number to be much higher if the mode was electric rail.



The study does not say if these riders would be new riders, or riders coming off of the R2/R3 lines, but it would probably be a mix, and make some difference with helping the situation on the R2/R3.



In any case, this study was never made public, and BucksTMA claims the study was dropped for lack of interest. At this point, we should be pushing them to complete a similar study for rail (diesel and electric) to give us a better idea of the feasibility of rail service on the line. Since most of their data is current, they should be able to put together a report using estimated costs without spending a lot of money.



I have not had any luck in convincing BucksTMA to do this, I would ask that each of you send in a request to Diane Marseglia, who is one of the Bucks County Commissioners, who can in turn put a request in with Bill Rickett at BucksTMA. We might even push her for a public meeting to determine public interest before proceeding. We know Montgomery county will not participate unless significant pressure is put on them to allow Bucks County to take the line back.



Her Email address is: dmellismarseglia@co.bucks.pa.us

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