Inside @Trimet #WES N of Hall/Nimbus for Beaverton
Posting this picture as a transit advocate to illustrate what OPAL - an anti-poverty group - said about WES or Westside Express Service at www.opalpdx.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/LIFE-Report-Fi... : "Coupled with the fact that WES only operates during weekday rush hours, commuters and other choice riders are the primary
beneficiaries of WES service, with few advantages shared with elderly, disabled, and otherwise transit dependent residents living along the WES corridor. ... According to TriMet’s own performance and efficiency data, WES costs $16.11 per boarding passenger to operate, compared with $3.18 for bus service and $2.51 for MAX Light Rail. Additionally, TriMet reports for May 2016 indicate an average of 8,775 weekly boardings on WES, a figure dwarfed by 1,176,200 weekly bus boardings and 755,600 weekly boardings on MAX. As a result, fares paid by bus and MAX riders are tantamount to a huge subsidy for a tiny niche of WES riders. This is evidence that lower-income bus riders carry a disproportionate amount of the financial burden of riding transit in the TriMet service area."
I believe Trimet would be better off with a low income fare and a premium fare for WES. I rode WES solely to say I rode WES with a straight face.
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com
Inside @Trimet #WES N of Hall/Nimbus for Beaverton
Posting this picture as a transit advocate to illustrate what OPAL - an anti-poverty group - said about WES or Westside Express Service at www.opalpdx.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/LIFE-Report-Fi... : "Coupled with the fact that WES only operates during weekday rush hours, commuters and other choice riders are the primary
beneficiaries of WES service, with few advantages shared with elderly, disabled, and otherwise transit dependent residents living along the WES corridor. ... According to TriMet’s own performance and efficiency data, WES costs $16.11 per boarding passenger to operate, compared with $3.18 for bus service and $2.51 for MAX Light Rail. Additionally, TriMet reports for May 2016 indicate an average of 8,775 weekly boardings on WES, a figure dwarfed by 1,176,200 weekly bus boardings and 755,600 weekly boardings on MAX. As a result, fares paid by bus and MAX riders are tantamount to a huge subsidy for a tiny niche of WES riders. This is evidence that lower-income bus riders carry a disproportionate amount of the financial burden of riding transit in the TriMet service area."
I believe Trimet would be better off with a low income fare and a premium fare for WES. I rode WES solely to say I rode WES with a straight face.
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com