When the MASCOTs plan was laid out, some people observed that the new plan would probably screw some late-night commuters. If that did come to pass, these results are an excellent example of how tradeoffs can still net out positively
Warren Wells, AICPI've posted about MASCOTs a few times, the N. Bay integrated transit plan. It's such a good news story, where several service providers came together to remove duplicative service and create an operator-agnostic plan. SMART ridership is way up, and GGT is up 22% even with 12% fewer service hours!