MickD wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 1:07 pm I use it during the summer and I can appreciate the expanded serviceFirst of all it has already been announced by the Corps of Engineers / MassDOT that both bridges are to be replaced after the long awaited studies were released last fall. When ? Maybe within the next 10 years if funding is secured at the federal level, which is already being addressed. Extending CapeFlyer service to Columbus day would still be a money loser because right after Labor day, traffic & visitors drop off dramatically coming to the Cape as I know well seeing that I am a resident in the Upper Cape region. Of course it could be tried again to retest the market for it, but I don't see Cahir going for that. Definitely at least starting earlier on Thursday would work as in the last three years traffic backup's now start on Thursday afternoon, as people are now starting there weekends earlier coming to the Cape and it clearly shows in the amount of people around and the cars/ trucks on all the highways.
they have now on holiday weekends, but, Thursdays and Mondays
are not likely to be heavy travel days in either direction
here on The Cape ,as most weekly rentals here are Saturday to Saturday
and Boston weekend patronage is Friday from the 5:50 south to the
northbound at 6:40 0n Sunday evenings..One train a day on a weekday wouldn't do it in peak season
as both P&B & Peter Pan over more optional service...
The money would be better spent on service to Columbus Day now that's it
That much better established than the first season..The retiree touring the region and
college market from Boston is still fairly strong through Columbus Day..
Nothing much is ever going to be done down here to ease traffic congestion all that much,
no matter what the mode..Certainly not 2 new bridges..The time to address that was in the 80's when Route 25
was being expanded and The Cape Cod & Hyannisport was running to Braintree