Are there ridership projections?
It is extremely difficult to predict ridership for new rail services with much accuracy. Also, the amount of ridership depends on a number of factors including the frequency of service, speed, fares, the routing of trains and how long the service has been operational. For example, ridership would be particularly strong if trains continued beyond the Eastside over existing tracks to Tacoma in the the south and to Everett in the north. This, together with a fairly frequent service of trains running at least once per hour could result in a passenger count of thousands, or even tens of thousands, of passengers per day.
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- Are there ridership projections?
