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philabob1	Jul 15 2008, 09:07 PM
Advanced Transit Fan Posts: 463 Group: Members Member #640 Joined: June 15, 2007	Southern_8100 Jul 14 2008, 11:52 PM However, if there was any Allegheny route that should be sent over to Midvale, it should definitely be the 27. The ridership on the 27 is so low that you could assign Eldorados on it. Same thing goes with the 9, which may be one of the reasons it was sent to midvale in exchange for the 54 (back in 2004 i believe). I guess the 54 supposedly had high ridership and the artics were needed throughout the day. 27 gets a lot of school ridership which means it looks empty in the summertime. (This has contributed to its lack of appeal from a formerly loyal rider base.) 27 is too long. It shouldn't go to Plymouth Meeting - it should be cut back to Barren Hill. The Manayunk Ave routing should also be reconsidered - very slow. The entire Expressway routing should also be rethought - often, the express via local route service is faster (once a regular Friday afternoon thing). The availability of employer-sponsored transit checks, etc has hurt 27 as well. I abandoned 27 4 years ago when I received a vehicle with a promotion. When I switched jobs over a year ago I decided to become a train commuter since my employer has pre-tax transit deductions. Many of my fellow train riders are ex-27 users who gave up the slow and unpredictable service (and the school kids) for a faster and more dependable ride. 9 went to Midvale to allow its use of 40' buses since the artics weren't needed any more. 2004 could be right, but I don't recall. At the time, Midvale was going to run all Allegheny's routes on weekends, but that fell through. In my infrequent travels on 9 I have noticed that ridership has picked up and many peak trips are full.


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