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- From: jeremy@classic.asd.sgi.com (Jeremy Higdon)
- Subject: Re: Cars as "something better"
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Dec24.170039.23890@pbhya.PacBell.COM> <1hq6cqINN9i8@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:29:30 GMT
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- In article <1hq6cqINN9i8@agate.berkeley.edu>, lazzaro@boom.CS.Berkeley.EDU (John Lazzaro) writes:
- >
- > >I don't
- > >know about your MUNI numbers. The open question with the MUNI number
- > >is how they handle transfers. Since MUNI is mostly a bus system, it
- > >will likely have lots of transfers, if these are all counted in your
- > >770,000 number, then the number of riders might be less than that
- > >by a factor of 4 or 6, not just 2.
- >
- > The MUNI number I quoted was out of date, current MUNI figures are in
- > the 830,000 range (source: SF Chronicle, Dec 29). Too many of the
- > popular MUNI lines are direct connects between dense workplaces and
- > dense residential neighborhoods for a factor of 4 to be teneble; start
- > from the financial district and you can hit any neighborhood in the
- > city in one ride.
-
- Just to clarify, the 830k number is total Muni system daily boardings,
- including bus, streetcar, cable car, etc., right?
-
- jeremy
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