tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post95918687392720330..comments2024-03-27T09:13:58.922-07:00Comments on The Amateur Planner: Commuter Rail Ridership and FaresArihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-20436576177602105262018-09-07T11:13:54.563-07:002018-09-07T11:13:54.563-07:00The aim of the company is to identify the customer...The aim of the company is to identify the customers’ satisfaction. So, an organization can know which aspects can disappoint the customers. Company Family Fare Customer Satisfaction survey asks the guests to respond to a series of questions. All the questionnaires are related to products and service.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://online-feedback.xyz/family-fare-customer-satisfaction-survey/" rel="nofollow"> Family Fare Customer Satisfaction Survey</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://online-feedback.xyz/family-fare-customer-satisfaction-survey/" rel="nofollow"> www.familyfaresurvey.com</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://online-feedback.xyz/family-fare-customer-satisfaction-survey/" rel="nofollow"> Family Fare Customer Survey</a><br /><br />dfdsfdsfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399161677727510864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-49169195413519141552015-02-17T06:20:32.437-08:002015-02-17T06:20:32.437-08:00Many commuter rail riders are wealthier, but by no...Many commuter rail riders are wealthier, but by no means all. And at off-peak times, more commuter rail ridership comes from larger, outlying cities (Fitchburg Lowell Lawrence Worcester Haverhill Brockton Providence) which are certainly home to many less affluent communities. For travelers using subway or bus service, fares are still far less expensive than driving and parking ($4 round trip, vs $20 for driving and parking or a taxicab). Further out, however, the costs are closer: $17-20 round trip, vs $25 for driving and parking. Offering off-peak fares would make rail service more accessible at times when there is a lot of excess capacity, and make it more competitive with driving.Arihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058285362842737187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-89604937407055806172015-02-07T15:35:43.790-08:002015-02-07T15:35:43.790-08:00I'd argue it the other way, about the fares: c...I'd argue it the other way, about the fares: commuter rail riders are much richer than subway riders. Higher fares could cause subway riders in Dorchester, Roxbury, and East Boston to cut their public transportation usage - perhaps to the commute trip and nothing else, perhaps bus rather than subway. In contrast, in Mansfield, people who can pay $5 fares can also pay $9.25 fares, and most likely mode choice is based on other factors, like traffic, ease of finding parking, and schedule convenience.<br /><br />Using the 2010 and 2014 Blue Books, we can figure out where ridership has increased and where it has decreased since 2009. Presumably there's older information including ridership per station. Is there a clear pattern there? The only thing that sticks out in the 2010-14 comparison is that Providence hopped Mansfield and Salem and is now the busiest outlying station, but I didn't look too carefully.Alonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267294744186811858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293100068373105830.post-39772458651178529132015-02-06T18:01:29.378-08:002015-02-06T18:01:29.378-08:00Another interesting piece of data would be the lev...Another interesting piece of data would be the level of service on the lines. I feel like frequencies got better and then stagnated, but I'm not sure how or whether that correlated with the stagnation in ridership. There have been extensions, certainly, and lots of new parking, but not a whole lot of new service, or at least that's what it feels like. It's also possible that the Commuter Rail has managed to reach some kind of equilibrium in its mostly-9-5-commuter niche, and to expand they're going to have to look at other markets, like regional non-commuter travel. Anecdotally, there's some amount of demand for that, and it's not just Boston-centric. But there are also major obstacles: the expensive tickets, the infrequent and erratic weekend service, and the very Boston-centric nature of everything. You can't even buy a ticket from one branch to another. If I want to go from North Wilmington to Waverley (and I do), not only do I have to pay full-fare for Zone 3 to Boston and Boston to Zone 1, but I can't even do it in one go: I have to actually go to the ticket machine in North Station and wait in line to pay for the second leg of the trip.<br /><br />Also, on the topic of fares, I recall that back in the day, they used to have both discounted multi-ride tickets (12 for the price of 10), and a "family fare" to encourage people to ride the train with their kids on weekends. The Caltrain equivalent is that monthly passes are good in all zones on weekends, which certainly encouraged me to ride a lot more on weekends back when I had one of those.crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.com