Miami's Tri-Rail probable has one of the highest. They have not announced anything lately but some months the traffic was almost equal both ways and the last I saw was over 80%.
You bet they do! The increase in the number of reverse moves during peak hours and mid days is a good indication. Of course the til shows the "shorts" at the end of the day. I have been aboard all NYC area commuter roads at all various hours of the day and days of the week. I have never been on an empty train no matter what the day, the time, the direction! There is always a good size group of "shorts" no matter where you go. Surpising the number from say White Plaines to Wassaic, from Stamford to Danbury, Hicksville to Ronkonkoma, Middletown to Suffern, and Morristown to Dover, just to name a few observations. As I have always said, when you stop thinking about running trains and start thinking about running a service, it will work.
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Do any of the 'agencies' keep statistics on reverse commuters? I know there are a lot of them in the NYC Metro area (eg.: NYG-White Plains or Stamford, etc.). How 'bout "shorts" (New Haven, etc.-Stamford)? Interesting, and "found money".
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