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Roads are a fraction of the cost to construct and maintain than a line.
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I'm gonna call shenanigans. Highways are extremely expensive. The real reason is that federal matching for highways is 80% of the total cost while, for years, it was 20% for transit projects. Recently it was changed to 50% but still not on par with roads.
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a rail line only works for a much smaller amount of uses than a road.
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which may or may not be okay, depending what your goals are. Marginally reducing traffic by diverting people helps those still on the road the trucks delivering goods.
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and some areas def. need more mass transit. The 76 corridor.
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we agree completely, it happens once in a while.
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Where are the areas of the region that have great highway but no rail transit?
Navy Yard's one.
So is South Jersey.
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so are the NW burbs see R6extension.com
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Still think a NE sub needs to go away from the R7 and 95 and too Huntington Valley or retoring a line to Newtown.
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I think the Fox Chase alignment (which could eventually go to Newtown) is the best. According to the study, you got 80% of the riders for 50% of the cost vs the blvd alignment. You could follow it up with an el extension at some point, maybe as far as cottman(though underground).
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Again cause Eldondre doesn't seem to get this so this is for him.
Imagine you live 10 minutes driving from a rail station.
If you do most likely it's not worth it to drive there and park if your total commute is 40 minutes in a car. (Bucks for example is about 40-45)
So you need to make sure you can get people to this new line who live withing driving range of the destination and the line and that the line IS faster than driving there.
Where this happens you have the highest use like the Main Line and areas along the El or the the RRs or Patco.
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what are you talking about? When I have said anything that indicated I didn't get this? A good line will be a combination of park n ride, destination, and walkable communities. the R6 extension fits this. VF park n ride, walkable Phoenixville, parkn ride, walkable pottstown, reading, parknride wissanoming.