One of the big factors was one of the largest conventions in town is not in town. Those folks used the system heavily. |
The short answer is, we have to have access to the bond market to finance our system. To access that market, we need to improve those ratings. |
There are other systems that could provide a similar benefit for less money per mile. |
They can reexamine it at any time, once there's significant data to change that rating. |
We have a lot of initiatives we're working on this year. We're very excited about this year. |
We knew we were going to be down over March of last year because of the fare increase. |
We need to continue to do what we're doing and continue to implement the plan we've put in place. |
We're estimating a few thousand (people) who would have ridden the monorail if 'The Deuce' was not in existence. |
We're working on having it available for all customers of all carriers. |