 Hypothetical question
On Jun 5, 1:44 pm, "Bernie Kovack" <berniekovac...m> wrote:
> >"Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote in message
> >news:a00cad23-c27b-4a3f-83f2-04dc629b3c7c@t54g2000hsg..com...
> >On Jun 5, 1:43 am, "Bernie Kovack" <berniekovac...m> wrote:
> > It's January 2010 and 95% of New Yorkers can't afford to pay $10 per
> > gallon
> > of gas and decide to take transit instead.
>
> > Will the system be able to handle that many passengers? If not, what would
> > need to be done, and how long would it take?
> >How many more passe, er, "customers" is that than now? Maybe 50% more?
> >Less than that?
>
> Maybe 50% of Manhattan, but not the entire metro area.
You didn't ask about "the entire metro area." Considerably less than
50% of New York City residents have a car (the figures are regularly
posted here), so considerably more than 50% of New Yorkers with jobs
either walk or take transit to their jobs. If 65% is the current
figure, then 95% represents a less than 50% increase.
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