Comments on: Build Your Own Toll and Transit Plan With the Balanced Transportation Analyzer http://blog.tstc.org/2009/07/23/build-your-own-toll-and-transit-plan-with-the-balanced-transportation-analyzer/ News and opinion from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:58:28 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Streetsblog New York City » Bloomberg Tests Free-Transit Waters http://blog.tstc.org/2009/07/23/build-your-own-toll-and-transit-plan-with-the-balanced-transportation-analyzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1375 Streetsblog New York City » Bloomberg Tests Free-Transit Waters Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:06:49 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5940#comment-1375 [...] Kheel views free buses as a down payment toward universal free transit in NYC, financed largely through a fair congestion charge. With his more limited proposal, a down payment [...] [...] Kheel views free buses as a down payment toward universal free transit in NYC, financed largely through a fair congestion charge. With his more limited proposal, a down payment [...]

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://blog.tstc.org/2009/07/23/build-your-own-toll-and-transit-plan-with-the-balanced-transportation-analyzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1379 Cap'n Transit Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:53:36 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5940#comment-1379 Okay, so why not make the Best Practices model available online, in open source? Okay, so why not make the Best Practices model available online, in open source?

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.tstc.org/2009/07/23/build-your-own-toll-and-transit-plan-with-the-balanced-transportation-analyzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 Anonymous Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:57:40 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5940#comment-1378 You should probably look at the model before you write it off... You should probably look at the model before you write it off…

]]> By: J. Stanley http://blog.tstc.org/2009/07/23/build-your-own-toll-and-transit-plan-with-the-balanced-transportation-analyzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1377 J. Stanley Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:57:41 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5940#comment-1377 Transit Academic -- "Chances are" ! Apparently, you haven't even looked at the model. How about doing so, before you trash it? You might just find that the BTA incorporates the best of that 50-year history you talk about. With an analyst of Komanoff's calibre, one could have predicted this in fact... Transit Academic — “Chances are” ! Apparently, you haven’t even looked at the model. How about doing so, before you trash it? You might just find that the BTA incorporates the best of that 50-year history you talk about. With an analyst of Komanoff’s calibre, one could have predicted this in fact…

]]> By: Streetsblog New York City » Today’s Headlines http://blog.tstc.org/2009/07/23/build-your-own-toll-and-transit-plan-with-the-balanced-transportation-analyzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1376 Streetsblog New York City » Today’s Headlines Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:04:07 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5940#comment-1376 [...] Komanoff's BTA Lets You Build Your Own Toll and Transit Plan (MTR) [...] [...] Komanoff's BTA Lets You Build Your Own Toll and Transit Plan (MTR) [...]

]]> By: Clark Morris http://blog.tstc.org/2009/07/23/build-your-own-toll-and-transit-plan-with-the-balanced-transportation-analyzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 Clark Morris Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:54:53 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5940#comment-1381 Free bus and cheap train fares are not the answer. The advantage of the Metrocard is that the bus and subway systems were integrated from a fare point of view. Self sustaining fares might be a better answer (by self sustaining I mean fares that allow ridership to increase without the deficit increasing until capital expenditure is needed). Free fares can be a deterrent to ridership. A Free bus and cheap train fares are not the answer. The advantage of the Metrocard is that the bus and subway systems were integrated from a fare point of view. Self sustaining fares might be a better answer (by self sustaining I mean fares that allow ridership to increase without the deficit increasing until capital expenditure is needed).

Free fares can be a deterrent to ridership. A

]]> By: Transit Academic http://blog.tstc.org/2009/07/23/build-your-own-toll-and-transit-plan-with-the-balanced-transportation-analyzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 Transit Academic Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:20:35 +0000 http://blog.tstc.org/?p=5940#comment-1380 You have got to be kidding. The Best Practices model includes about 50 years worth of academic research on transportation modeling. It may be a black box to you, but to someone who actually knows what they are talking about it makes a lot of sense. The BTA being in Excel may make it more transparent, but chances are it is much less _accurate_. Get real. You have got to be kidding. The Best Practices model includes about 50 years worth of academic research on transportation modeling. It may be a black box to you, but to someone who actually knows what they are talking about it makes a lot of sense. The BTA being in Excel may make it more transparent, but chances are it is much less _accurate_. Get real.

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