Comments on: The Cost of Lowballing Light Rail Ridership Projections http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/09/21/the-cost-of-lowballing-light-rail-ridership-projections/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott Mercer http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/09/21/the-cost-of-lowballing-light-rail-ridership-projections/comment-page-1/#comment-33761 Scott Mercer Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:23:35 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=12081#comment-33761 They are doing this on purpose so that the line can be shown as "successful" and attracting riders "beyond our wildest expectations." Good idea, actually. Shuts up the Cato Institute types and the NIMBYs. I think it should be continued. Just don't go wild with it. A little bit of lowballing is good, but go over 40% and it starts to look suspicious. They are doing this on purpose so that the line can be shown as “successful” and attracting riders “beyond our wildest expectations.”

Good idea, actually. Shuts up the Cato Institute types and the NIMBYs. I think it should be continued.

Just don’t go wild with it. A little bit of lowballing is good, but go over 40% and it starts to look suspicious.

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