Some doubt ridership estimates for S.F.-L.A. high-speed rail
Some doubt ridership estimates for S.F.-L.A. high-speed rail
- November 22, 2010
- A study by David Brownstone, economics professor, is featured in the Fresno Bee November 22, 2010
From the Fresno Bee:
Earlier this year, researchers at the University of California's Institute for Transportation
Studies criticized how Cambridge Systematics - an Oakland-based transportation research
and management company - developed the rail authority's ridership and income projections.
UC Berkeley professor Samer Madanat and UC Irvine professor David Brownstone said
Cambridge Systematics made incorrect assumptions and cooked the numbers to inflate
ridership figures to meet preconceived expectations.... By doing so, Madanat and Brownstone
said, the firm came up with faulty ridership estimates that, among other things, influenced
the rail authority's preference for a route through Pacheco Pass, west of Los Banos,
to connect the Bay Area with the Valley instead of a more northerly Altamont corridor.
For the full story, please visit http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/11/22/2168971/some-doubt-ridership-estimat....
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