Right, like they're any good at projecting ridership. If they were when they (miraculously) decided to build a subway in sleepy Toronto some 70 years ago, we wouldn't have the overcrowded mess that is the current subway system at rush hour. They might have had the foresight to build the tunnels with space for adding express bypass tracks 70 years later when they could really use it. The criticisms leveled against these ridership projections and cost estimates (remember, these *are just estimates*) that keep getting around with no supporting material or arguments, all seem either questionable or premature. Publishing an internal project estimate before gathering bids and procuring contracts, like shouting "Hey everyone, this is how high you can charge so go for it!", seems strange if you want to generate genuinely competitive bids.