There are two very intensive transit systems that serve Caltrain: SF Muni and SamTrans (San Mateo Transit). Per EP Mayor John Cook on 6/19/09, there are 15,000 commuters between EP and LC. So, even if every one of those commuters sat in a train seat, it still wouldn't equal the daily ridership of Caltrain, which itself doesn't break even. I don't think we need to do a study to show that a train would be a money pit.
Compare just the El Paso - Las Cruces portion with Caltrain, which runs through the San Francisco peninsula. Caltrain has a $10B deficit this year, and relys on subsidies from the three counties it serves and the state of California. The Feb 2009 ridership data shows Caltrain carrying approx 39,000 riders per day, spread across 98 trains. This area serves the SF downtown, two major airports, Silicon Valley. The population of SF and San Mateo counties alone is 1.6 million.
There are two very intensive transit systems that serve Caltrain: SF Muni and SamTrans (San Mateo Transit). Per EP Mayor John Cook on 6/19/09, there are 15,000 commuters between EP and LC. So, even if every one of those commuters sat in a train seat, it still wouldn't equal the daily ridership of Caltrain, which itself doesn't break even. I don't think we need to do a study to show that a train would be a money pit.
pjlindsey 2 years ago
Compare just the El Paso - Las Cruces portion with Caltrain, which runs through the San Francisco peninsula. Caltrain has a $10B deficit this year, and relys on subsidies from the three counties it serves and the state of California. The Feb 2009 ridership data shows Caltrain carrying approx 39,000 riders per day, spread across 98 trains. This area serves the SF downtown, two major airports, Silicon Valley. The population of SF and San Mateo counties alone is 1.6 million.
pjlindsey 2 years ago