No wonder I can't find a damned seat!!!!

Once again thanks to Mreye for the forward.

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South Shore Sets New Record

02/01/2006 | 08:19 AM
Officials with northern Indiana's South Shore Railroad say the commuter rail set a new record for ridership last year. The district that oversees the rail line says last year just over 3.8 million people rode the rail line, which runs from Chicago to South Bend. That's a 7.3 percent increase over 2004. The last time ridership topped 3.8 million was in 1961. After the September 11th attacks, the number of people using the rail line fell dramatically. South Shore officials now say the number of passengers, especially leisure passengers heading into Chicago for weekends and holidays, is on the rise.

Its always that the liesure ridership is up when the economy is good, and that commuters are down when the economy is bad. I wonder if ridership is up because more people are... I don't know... working? Or because gas prices are insane and every road is under construction? All this proves is that once again, Jack Parsons is, indeed, an idiot.