Kyiv Metro station. One of the deepest systems on the planet, is deepest station over a hundred meters below ground. Currently heavily in use as a bomb shelter (one of the reasons it was originally constructed so deep) as Russians bomb the city.
Services like the KC Streetcar have been able to share reports of ridership breaking records for the World Cup. I've seen the photos: I have to assume TRE is pulling impressive numbers, possibly exceeding its 2008 peak of 9,000 riders a day. The organizations HAVE to know these numbers. How can we get them to share it, and get some positive pr for the trains?
TEXRail currently runs 30 minute frequency at the expense of its very early and very late trains (which I miss). I believe the service's ridership was lower than the current Silver Line's when those changes were implemented. How possible in current climate is pushing Silver Line to 30 minute frequency, and given its MUCH better ToD (compared to TEXRail at least), how would that impact ridership?
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Further with a limit of eight vehicles per fleet until 2027, could later or earlier services be returned to benefit airport employees and riders?
It seems like the TRE, paired with those buses (that probably should have been D.A.R.T/metro buses that are actually ada compliant, but anyways) are actually succeeding at getting folks to and from games. Given how good the city of Dallas is at fucking things up, this should be celebrated.
With TRE legit running 30 minute frequency all day on Match Days and the extra late train I've been begging for years for, how much do we expect ridership to go up during the World Cup?
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Will TRE pass 10k riders a day on some weekdays?
While I am annoyed the new Mavericks complex will be far away from its current excellent rail connection, if the Valley View Complex is built, and Route 22's path unaltered, I think it will become the most ridden bus in the entire network.
Very small Silverlining (ha?) But better than nothing
Gabriel Lodato shared some photos from the Siemens factory today in a facebook group , and it appears at least one of the five is painted and ready to serve DFW!
(BTW I know its unlikely but I still think we should buy the Northstar equipment)
It will take them three years to build that two miles of track. Apparently opening in 2029....not unlike the A Train extension