April. Where did it go?
This has been an insane month and it is finally ending.
To start off with, we moved into our new house on April 8, so the first week of the month was spent packing and getting ready to move. But I never got a chance to fully move in because the next weekend (Apr 16) I had a major project due for my Database class. The following weekend (Apr 23) I had a major project due in my Cryptography class. Then Mon-Wed this week, I was in Baltimore, MD for a business trip.
Now it's study time for finals as next Monday I have my two finals back to back, one at 8 and the other at 10. Wish me luck. Then it's on to the airport in the afternoon for a business trip to Colorado Springs. Then on Thurs I fly from Colorado Springs to Chicago for my friend Rachelle's wedding. Finally on Sunday I get to fly back home and end the insane month of April and first week of May. Hopefully then things will slow down and I will have some time on my hands to actually put away all the boxes we still have in our garage and do the things around the house that I want to do.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Monday, April 17, 2006
Trains vs Busses Ammunition
It amazes me when I hear opponets of an expanded light rail transit system. They claim that since rail lines (both heavy and light rail) are more expensive to build, money would be better spent expanding and improving bus service. Well, the Orange County Register just released some statements showing the big difference between the two in the county:
Train riders have a median household income of $72,000-plus a year, while 79 percent have access to cars. Half of the bus riders have household incomes of less that $20,000 , while more than 70 percent don't have a car. The statement was that trains aim to get people out of cars while busses aim to get carless people where they need to go.
These figures are quite striking. There is almost a class difference between the people who would ride a train and those who would ride the bus. With this in mind, more busses would increase access for those without cars, but would do little for congestion relief. Typical businessmen just have some sort of block against taking the bus. You need an efficient rail system that provides a good alternative to the freeway in order to get the average businessman off the freeway and into a transit system.
Train riders have a median household income of $72,000-plus a year, while 79 percent have access to cars. Half of the bus riders have household incomes of less that $20,000 , while more than 70 percent don't have a car. The statement was that trains aim to get people out of cars while busses aim to get carless people where they need to go.
These figures are quite striking. There is almost a class difference between the people who would ride a train and those who would ride the bus. With this in mind, more busses would increase access for those without cars, but would do little for congestion relief. Typical businessmen just have some sort of block against taking the bus. You need an efficient rail system that provides a good alternative to the freeway in order to get the average businessman off the freeway and into a transit system.
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