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I'm looking for ridership information from North American cities (sorry,
you Europeans are just so much more transit users than we are!) that have
a good rapid transit service to the airport.

Specifically, can you give me an idea of how many people take transit to
the airport? Is it posssible to get an idea of how many are air
travellers as opposed to people who work at the airport? Ideally, I'd like
to know what percentage of air travellers use the rapid transit to get there,
as opposed to taxis, hotel shuttles, private cars, etc. (i.e. modal split)

The reason is that Ottawa will have excellent service to the airport once
the Southeast Transitway opens next year. We have no way to estimate how
many people could be attracted, since the present service stinks. I'm hoping
that someone can give me some insight into this issue elsewhere in North
America.

Contrary to my disparaging remarks a month or so about "close but no cigar",
I'm quite willing to accept any data you might have even if the rapid transit
line doesn't go right into the air terminal (eg. a short shuttle bus or
people-mover ride from the closest subway eg. JFK). Even longer shuttle
buses to the subway (eg. Toronto) are fine if you can separate this from
the hotel shuttle bus.

Thanks in advance!

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