Comment 66779

By Fred Street (anonymous) | Posted July 22, 2011 at 09:18:30 in reply to Comment 66751

Re: Volume of transit activity

True. And as has been said before, integrating a new service affords the city the needed opportunity to renegotiate Mac's transit agreement, which currently offers 8-month HSR service at less than 1/5 market value. (The four routes discussed in the B-Line corridor may have daily traffic in the 25K-30K range, but if thousands of riders are loss leaders, that has to impact the CBA.)

Re: Density

True. Political influence is not always related to population density. Voter engagement is also key. Wards 6-8 have owned the podium for the last two civic elections, while 1 & 4 have boasted average turnout, and 2 & 3 have lagged the field. The disparity is stark – and of course mayoral candidates, even ones with roots in lower-city politics, inevitably pay attention to those kind of numbers – if you could secure every vote in the top three wards, you could ignore the other 80% of the city and still be mayor.

WARD: 3-TERM AVG / 2010 / 2006 / 2003

07: 15,375 / 15,669 / 13,908 / 16,547
08: 14,666 / 14,707 / 14,051 / 15,239
06: 11,544 / 11,950 / 10,639 / 12,044
05: 10,050 / 10,275 / 9,135 / 10,740
11: 8,951 / 10,471 / 7,738 / 8,644
01: 8,676 / 8,279 / 8,060 / 9,690
12: 8,667 / 10,163 / 8,575 / 7,262
04: 8,475 / 8,236 / 7,940 / 9,249
10: 8,416 / 8,557 / 7,705 / 8,985
09: 7,207 / 7,620 / 6,665 / 7,335
02: 6,927 / 7,580 / 5,991 / 7,210
13: 6,891 / 8,289 / 7,768 / 4,615
03: 6,796 / 7,134 / 6,139 / 7,116
15: 6,152 / 6,442 / 6,216 / 5,798

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