Talk:Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District

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[edit] Additions by Fawcett

Thanks for the trolley additions and copyedits. Enjoying learning about Champaign-Urbana? Come fly out and visit it sometime ;) It's a great city. Agriculture 23:33, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

- thanks. One of my broad wikipedia interests is transportation, especially the history of railroads and aviation. The Illinois Terminal Railroad Company seems like it has a very interesting history, I might tackle that soon Fawcett5 02:11, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Unlike most of the US, the midwest actually has an extensive and affordable rail system, so it's a particularly interesting area. It's also notable that the railroads were the genesis of many of the cities in this region. Champaign was created as West Urbana when Urbana would have nothing to do with the railroad. Agriculture 05:41, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Riders Per Year

It would be nice if the 10 million riders per year figure had a reference. There are only 180,000 people the entire county. 10 million per year is more than 27,000 riders per day. The population of Urbana, Illinois is listed as only 36,000. The 10 million riders number seems a bit high to me. Of course the number could come from the MTD itself, I wouldn't be surprised if they count all the elementary school students on school buses twice per day or UIUC students who ride 10 times a day get counted 10 times. --Dual Freq 23:41, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually, since I've watched them count heads that get on at every stop, I'm pretty sure that's what actually happens. Thesquire 19:51, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

So, is the 10 million number accurate? If so, where did the number come from? DID it come from the MTD? Are you agreeing with one person getting counted 10 times per day? I guess I'm still not quite convinced of the 10 million number for such a small county. --Dual Freq 01:45, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I am agreeing that one gets counted again every time they board a bus. The 10 million number sounds about right, and is probably from the MTD. If you're not convinced, consider all the students who ride the MTD multiple times a day, plus every trip taken by some people to and from their jobs each day. It adds up. Thesquire 01:26, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fatal Accident

Can someone get some verification of the 1970s claim? As far as I know, Jeffers was the first fatality in CUMTD's history. Thesquire 01:23, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

article states that there hadn't been a fatality in 34 years.  article states first pedestrian fatality in MTD's history. The one from the 70's must not have been a pedestrian. --Dual Freq 02:05, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

I've noted in the article that the listed fatalities were the first pedestrian ones in the MTD's history. I'd also be surprised if the MTD actually went that long without a bus vs. vehicle fatality, but that's just me -- Thesquire (talk - contribs) 02:52, 14 January 2006 (UTC)