Skyway ridership down 20 percent over last 21 months!

[thelakelander]

I'm not aware of any wrapping being allowed on the Skyway.  A few years ago, a company wanted to wrap them for the super bowl for a substantial amount of money, but the offer was declined.

[thelakelander]

And I am also in huge support of banning any new parking garages downtown.  If we made all city employees ride mass transit instead of giving them a free parking space, I bet things at JTA would change in a hurry.

City employees get free parking downtown?

[Coolyfett]

The firm I work for just finished a six week inspection of the Skyway. After spending several days out there filling in for a coworker, I honestly believe (as Stephen mentioned) that broken turnstiles and lazy enforcement could easily account for the 20% drop in ridership. Firsthand, I observed every second or third rider at the Skyway doing the half pullback/slip through. Enforcement is an absolute joke.

HEEEEEEYYYY How come StephenDare gets all the props? I mentioned broken machines too!! ha ha ha ha ha, but you are right though, The coin receiver/turnstiles are broken in some places. Central Station & Hemming Station were the worst that I remembered. They should just go card reader for the whole system.

Put "card vending machines" at all 8 stations. You put your money in, you get a card out, use your card to access instead of coins...like who uses coins anyway?? I can remember going to the artwork with friends on different times, drove to the Union Station and try to break the dollar at the change machine & the change machine didn't work, Now here we are trying to pay our way, but we only have 1 dollar bills. The turnstiles get jumped.