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[quote user="blue streak 1"] samantha:TRE announced today effectuve today that they are extending one west bound rush hour train another stop because of overcrowding. Suspect that they are doing what they can with limited resources. Have any of your sources said anything?[/quote]I don't know what is happening on the TRE, other than to say that I have heard that public transit ridership in the Metroplex is up about eight per cent from April 2007 to April 2008.  I am going to Dallas tomorrow, so I will keep my ear to the ground and learn what I can.The TRE has 13 RDCs.  They augument the standard commuter equipment and are usually used for runs from Dallas to CentrePort, which is about half way between Dallas and Fort Worth.  They only use about six of the 13 RDCs on a typical day, so it appears that they have some equipment on hand to expand the service, although if they expand it too much they would lose the back-up equipment.  It looks like a 4:53 p.m. train from Dallas to Hurst/Bell has been added to the schedule.  I don't remember whether it was a Dallas to CentrePort train in the old schedule.  Although average 2007 ridership on the light rail system was down by 3.7 per cent in 2007 compared to 2006, ridership on the TRE increased by 4.2 per cent.    Ridership on the Capital Metro buses, which serves Austin, as well as several adjoining cities, appears to be up.  Yesterday morning I counted 13 people on the bus from Leander to the University of Texas and downtown Austin.  This bus has normally carried about six or seven  Leander passengers.  Coming home in the afternoon, there were about five standees on the bus from UT.  I have never seen people standing on a mid-afternoon bus.The park and ride lot at Leander appears to be fuller than has been the case.  An amazing number of big SUVs and pick-up trucks dotted the parking lot.
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