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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by kasey_junk on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:46AM (#20401416)
I was curious about this as I’ve never looked into ridership by route and at least for Chicago it is absolutely true. A 70k route would be more than 3x the biggest in Chicago.

https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/Monthly_Ridership_...

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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by bryanlarsen on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @10:31AM (#20402291)
At least the red, blue & pink lines exceed 70k/weekday. Which is the point: anything approaching that level should be converted from bus to rail.
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Re:Cars took over because the legal system helped squeezed o... by majewsky on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:48AM (#20401430)
To be fair, that 70k route is one of the top 5 routes in Europe by passenger numbers IIRC.
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