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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Also, you're comparing the ridership of an entire line to the ridership potential from one stop. It makes more sense to compare the ridership from an airport stop to the ridership from a Quarry Park or Seton stop, which was what I did above.
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To be fair, you are proposing an entire line be built for the sake of "one stop." So yes, to compare other lines to the cost of this line is fair. The fact that it really only has the one stop is why it may not be such a good idea.
Or to flip it around; let's say the SE line gets built but only has one stop; McKenzie Towne. How do you think that new SE LRT line will compare to the ridership of an Airport LRT? It will get a tonne of ridership due to it being such an express service.
The bottom line is the airport run while being cool isn't as practical as a SE run. The debate as to which should come first; SE LRT or subway is a fair debate- there are great points on both sides of that coin.