03-13-2022, 06:28 PM
(03-12-2022, 06:35 PM)ac3r Wrote: You're looking at it the wrong way. Passenger numbers was only half the reason why we built the LRT. The other half was because it's a great catalyst for transit oriented development.
I know that was one of the considerations, I've never said it wasn't. However, you don't just build LRTs willy-nilly because you want "catalyse" something. You have to look a ridership, too.
(03-12-2022, 06:35 PM)ac3r Wrote: You can't just look at raw data of the present and form opinions or draw conclusions as that's flawed, especially when it comes to planning. Half the bus routes in the city wouldn't exist if we were just talking ridership numbers to justify them.
Except I didn't just look at the "raw data of the present". I pointed out trending over several years. I pointed out the route's lack of change in a scenario where one would have rightfully expected it.
Those are exactly the type of things you do in planning.
(03-12-2022, 06:35 PM)ac3r Wrote: In planning, you have to consider the future, not just the present.
You use the data about the past to inform your projections about the future.