New hybrid schedules allow many workers to skip the daily commute, requiring commuter rail systems to search for new riders.
from peak commute periods to create standard wait times throughout the weekday. It also has encouraged passengers to take the train more often for errands and leisure trips by extending late-night service and creating a flat $2 weekend fare.But replacing the revenue lost from daily commuters will be a challenge, Metro officials say.recent House subcommittee hearing
has begun offering a discounted and more flexible fare pass for fewer trips. It also has experimented with a new evening express train to speed up the trip between Union Station and Baltimore.Even so, state officials don’t expect MARC ridership to recover to even 65 percent of pre-pandemic levels until summer 2023.“If someone was commuting five days a week and is now commuting three, that’s a 40 percent drop in how often that person rides,” Maryland transit administrator Holly Arnold said.
“We give customers the option to do that because we’re running a train every hour, whereas in the old days we were really focused on getting people in and out of the city around that 9-to-5 window,” Poftak said. “That’s going to wear on a daily commuter,” said KellyAnne Gallagher, CEO of the Commuter Rail Coalition. “Are they up for doing it one or two times a week? I don’t know. It can get pretty brutal.”That feeling resonates with Herndon resident Nelson Richardson, 35, who said he has driven to his IT job at the Capitol throughout the pandemic only when he needed the flexibility for child care.
Kettle, its chief executive, said he is eyeing residents who moved farther out for more affordable space during the pandemic and took on a longer commute, even if it’s less often. He said he hopes the return of Southern California’s stifling traffic congestion will help make the case for riding rail.Suburbs still hotter than cities for home buyers
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