Archive for February 2nd, 2015
Transit Ridership has NOT been “flat”
One of the frequently used speaking points of the no side has been the claim that costs have soared while ridership remains flat. Not true. You are entitled to your own opinions but you are not entitled to your own facts. Metro Vancouver has recently “upgraded” its website. You can find this table there but for reasons I cannot understand the link in my browser address bar doesn’t translate to a usable link for you. And just searching Translink’s website is, as usual, frustrating but here is the data as a pdf
And here is the best analysis I have seen yet of the motivation of the NO side
Stephen Rees's blog 