C. Wayne Taylor

June 22, 2010

Main Street Station – Why improving passenger service may be economically – and politically – impossible.

Filed under: Main Street Station — cwaynetaylor @ 3:56 am

City of Richmond, Virginia

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The ultimate question, however, is whether Main Street Station is worth more than a half-billion dollars to upgrade tracks for upgraded service that averages a meager 2,000 passengers each month. That level is four times less than monthly ridership in Charlottesville, a much smaller city, and 10 times less than the Staples Mill station.

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