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[quote user="schlimm"] Once again you distort others' words, obfuscate with torrents of numbers as though they settled the matter, and attack any and every response.  Asking for comments certainly does not mean you can't present your own or even rebut, but when every response is disputed or the respondent is the recipient of dismissive devaluing comments, it begs the question, why do you even ask?  But then, you are never wrong. Samples from just your last post: "opinions based on your observations and experiences.  They do not reflect a very good grasp of DART's financials, ridership levels, and activities."  "When you offer a fact, which is rare, you select the data"  "The reason that you don't understand the financial data and statistics is because you don't understand them."  and finally, "Moreover, your reasoning is seriously flawed." [/quote] And your properly supported refutation of the data that I have presented will be forthcoming when? You called the five per cent figure absurd. I have given you a source for reference. Apparently you have chosen not to consult it. Offering up a $7 day pass as an advantage of using public transit in the Metroplex is not all of the story. As noted, the subsidies are more than $11. How is that not selecting data, i.e. not giving the complete picture. It is like Amtrak's claim that it recovers 75 to 85 per cent of its operating costs through its revenue stream, whilst ignoring the heavy depreciation charges. Which have put it seriously in the hole to the tune of approximately $1.3 billion per year!   "I gave the example of Chicago, where "Metra carries approximately 50% of the trips to downtown in each of the major expressway corridors."  Yes you did!  Unfortunately, it is somewhat misleading, and I have misquoted it in part. Metra says that it carries 50 per cent of the traffic along its parallel expressways that is going downtown on weekdays. The number is meaningless.  What percentage of the total service area commuters does it carry would be a more realistic number of its market penetration.
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