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...There’s no doubt that the ridership was dominated by college students,” he said...
Francis, the late-night worker who rode the Night Owl, said that she remembered that ridership was comprised of “almost all young people” when she took it home from Jamaica Plain. She added that the whole bus was only about one-fourth full...
Among the enthusiasts are transit officials desperately seeking to boost ridership on buses and trains. Car sharing is not designed for traveling from home to work and back--the cost would be too high for a 10-hour day. But, stationed near office buildings and along rail lines, shared cars offer "mobility insurance" for workers who avoid mass transit because they just might need a car for a midday errand. The message: If you must own a car, leave it in your garage at home. Washington Metro officials have placed 107 Flexcars and Zipcars at 66 city and suburban stations...
...long as the service is utilized by a few students, it should not be cut. Yes, the administration must choose some ridership threshold beyond which it is unreasonable to run shuttles and instead encourage students to call the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for a ride. But we have, in the past, noted several objections to leaving students to be driven home in squad cars, and so we believe that a mere one rider per hour justifies the cost of continued shuttle service. Futhermore, the funds for the extended hours come from Gross’s discretionary fund...
Still, the late-night shuttle’s reprieve is, as of now, only temporary, and McLoughlin says that University Hall will reconsider the issue this summer when it has a full year of ridership data to examine. While there is reason for optimism that late-night ridership will be shown to have increased after the spring—a warm fall likely led to decreased use of the shuttles—University Hall should permanently run the shuttle service on its current schedule, regardless of any spring semester changes in usage. It is hardly worth risking the nighttime safety...