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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Paul Milenkovic</i> <br /><br />I don't buy the lifeline argument unless someone discusses case studies as to who are the lifeline riders and whether college students are commuting between home and school on weekends using the Empire Builder.[/quote] <br /> <br />When I took the Three Rivers back in October, out of the 18 or so people in the car I was in 12 were college students. Six Penn State (four Penn State Altoona, two Penn State main campus), five girls from Temple, and one guy from UPenn. Two of the PSU-Altoona passengers were on the train because they don't own cars. The other four were just taking the train as something different (We had a three day weekend so the longer travel time wasn't burning as much of our weekend). The five girls from Temple were traveling to Pittsburgh for a wedding and just didn't want to drive. The UPenn guy figured the longer travel time was worth not paying for the toll on the Turnpike. Everyone except me and the other guy from State College was using the train largely because of its proximity to their point of origin.
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