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How to increase train use by up to 35% with one simple trick

• NicoJuicy 7y ago
  Thought to learn something, but in Belgium. Some train stations don't have an required entrance, you can just walk to the rail where the train stops. It isn't going to win a design competition, but here is an example: https://maps.app.goo.gl/pKf6WxvnS27Vfmzt8 https://maps.app.goo.gl/pKf6WxvnS27Vfmzt8 Checks happen during the train ride.
  • tzakrajs 7y ago
    This is how Caltrain works also.
  • saghm 7y ago
    My hometown (a suburb of Boston) has a Purple Line stop not too far from where I live that essentially looks the same as this.
• thomascgalvin 7y ago
  > Imagine being so unlucky to have an extra 12 minutes of travel time every day if you take the train. Imagine having an extra hour of travel time every day because the orange line is on fire again and you miss the commuter rail by five minutes. I know that this article isn't US-centric, but over here, the biggest barrier to greater adoption of public transit is that taking public transit is miserable.
• NotSammyHagar 7y ago
  This just seems stupid to me. Walking a few minutes from one side of a train going from one place to another would be a dream. I just want to be able to park at the park and ride before I get on a bus and hope the pnr is not full. This is like a second order problem. I thought the solution would be vans to take you around the neighbor. That would increase usage.