Comments On: R-Line draws riders, critics and the mayor by Jane Hobson Snyder

Re: R-Line draws riders, critics and the mayor

wkl — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:54:54 -0400

Yes, there are dilapidated, dirty, non-economical busses running all over town for the average person who can't afford a car. The R-Line is for the urbanite who must park in any of more than a dozen downtown parking areas and enjoy a night of "driving you to drink" as the Indy headline so aptly puts it.
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Re: R-Line draws riders, critics and the mayor

gercohen1 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:18:47 -0400

Raleigh Rob is correct, levels of service and prices are two different (though related) issues. In comparison with the relatively sorry level of bus service in Raleigh, Five Points has excellent service, with two routes with a total of 15 minute headways to downtown, (#6 and #2)and going outbound the routes go two different directions, and just six blocks away is the #8 route on St Mary's Street.
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Re: R-Line draws riders, critics and the mayor

RaleighRob — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:46:48 -0400

What people don't seem to get is the purpose of the R-Line is NOT to get people to downtown. It's to increase their moving within it once they get there.
Posted by RaleighRob

Re: R-Line draws riders, critics and the mayor

gercohen1 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:20:50 -0400

The author says: "To get to downtown, a resident of Five Points could ... take the No. 6 CAT bus and pay $1 to go 1.5 miles, then connect to the free R-Line. But there's a disconnect.
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Re: R-Line draws riders, critics and the mayor

Grant — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:24:56 -0400

I'm not going to pretend to know the reasons behind the design of the route, however I think the cost/benefit to extending the route ~1mi to Five Points and ~.5mi down Hillsborough make total sense.

Five Points has clear reasons.
Posted by Grant

Re: R-Line draws riders, critics and the mayor

wkl — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:29:57 -0400

Dear,

It is all a matter of funding. The Downtown Alliance is a Central Business District.
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Re: R-Line draws riders, critics and the mayor

bvanevery — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:26:43 -0400

Real cities have real transportation solutions in their downtown core to move people around quickly and reduce both traffic and parking congestion. Coming from Seattle, which has a downtown ride free zone, I'm amused by the whining on the part of suburbanites who expect a deliberately purposed route to go everywhere in the city for them.
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Re: R-Line draws riders, critics and the mayor

wkl — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:40:15 -0400

Why does the City of Oaks spend $70K a month on this freebie and so restrict it in geography? The Downtown Raleigh Alliance is why.
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