3 ANALYSIS OF EXISTING RIDERSHIP AND ROUTE PERFORMANCE

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1 3 ANALYSIS OF EXISTING RIDERSHIP AND ROUTE PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTION A comprehensive bus stop level data collection effort was undertaken to inventory existing transit use and to develop a better understanding of the current travel patterns in the Study Area. This section of the report summarizes the results of these data collection efforts. The numbers of passengers on and off by stop were surveyed for weekday, Saturday, and Sunday service periods for each route that operates in the Study Area. All of the scheduled bus trips 1,998 weekday, 71 Saturday, and 4 Sunday were sampled multiple times. Data collection was completed during the winter and spring of 21. To provide a larger sample at a lower cost, Metro Transit used its automatic passenger counters (APCs) to collect the data. Since only about one third of the fleet is equipped with APCs, buses equipped with APC equipment were rotated through the Study Area routes to collect the sample. Weekday Transit Ridership On weekdays 1,68 in service hours are provided in the Study Area. The distribution of these in service hours by time of day is illustrated in the first chart of Figure 1. Approximately 2 percent of in service hours are provided during the AM peak period (6: to 9:am), another third during the mid day period (9: am to 3: pm), a quarter during the PM peak period (3: pm to 6:3 pm), with the remaining revenue hours provided during the evening hours (including less than two percent between 1: and : am). The second chart of Figure 1 illustrates the distribution of the total number of passengers boarding throughout the day. An average of about 9, weekday boardings were counted, with 19 percent occurring during the AM peak period, 38 percent during the mid day period, and 2 percent during the PM peak period. The final chart in Figure 1 illustrates the average number of boarding passengers per in service hour throughout the day. This chart shows that the level of transit service in the Study Area throughout the day is reasonably well matched with the distribution of demand throughout the day. Figure 1a shows the average passengers per in service by route on weekdays. Weekend Transit Ridership On weekends 897 in service hours are operated each Saturday and 69 in service hours each Sunday in the Study Area. The distribution of these revenue hours is illustrated in the top chart of Figure 16. Approximately 6 percent of these revenue hours are provided between 9: am and 6: pm. This chart also illustrates the distribution of total number of passenger boardings counted with the APC equipment throughout Saturdays and Sundays. An average of about 4,6 boarding passengers was observed on Saturday, with 6 percent occurring between 9: am and 6: pm. On Sunday, an average of about 29,4 boarding passengers was observed with 7 percent occurring between 9: am and 6: pm. This chart shows that the level of transit service in the Study Area throughout weekend days is reasonably well matched with the distribution of demand throughout the day. Figure 16a shows the average passengers per in service by route on weekends. 27

2 Figure 1 Service and Boardings by Time of Day on Weekdays 21 1 Weekday In Service Hours 12 In Service Hours 1 In Sevice Hours , 9, Weekday Passenger Boardings Passenger Boardings 8, 7, 6,, 4, 3, 2, 1, Boardings 8 7 Weekday Passengers per In Service Hour PPISH Passengers per in service hour

3 Figure 1a Chart Passengers per Revenue Hour by Route Weekdays 21 2 Weekday Passengers per In Service Hour by Route Route Midday PM AM Other Passengers per In Service Hour 29

4 Figure 16 Service and Boardings by Time of Day on Weekends Weekend In Service Hours In Service Hours 4 3 Sat Sun , 4, Weekend Passenger Boardings 3, Boardings 3, 2, 2, Sat Sun 1, 1, Weekend Passengers per In Service Hour Passengers per In Service Hours Sat Sun

5 Figure 16a Passengers per Revenue Hour by Route on Weekends 21 Weekend Passengers per In Service Hour by Route Sat Sun Route Passengers per In Service Hour BOARDINGS BY ROUTE AND DAY OF WEEK All day boardings per bus stop on each route for an average weekday, Saturday and Sunday during the survey period are presented in Figure 17 Weekday, Figure 18 Saturday, and Figure 19 Sunday. Routes are overlaid on the land use / density map to show the correlation between boardings and population and employment densities. This exhibit shows that University (routes 16, ), Selby (Route 21), Grand (Route 63) and Snelling (Route 84) avenues, are the highest ridership lines. The exhibits indicate some very high volume transit routes in the east west direction along University Avenue and in the north south direction along Snelling Avenue. 31

6 N SE ELM ST SE UNIVERSITY AVE W MARSHALL AVE THOMAS AVE CHARLTON ST JEFFERSON AVE GEORGE ST W STRYKER AVE RICE ST CASE AVE BURR ST 16TH ST E 34TH ST E SMITH AVE S Figure 17 Map of Weekday Ridership 31ST ST E 47 6 Central Corridor Tranist Service Study Existing Conditions Report ARLINGTON AVE E DALE ST N VICTORIA ST N MARYLAND AVE W ARLINGTON AVE W SELBY AVE 7TH ST W DODD RD LARPENTEUR AVE W CONCORDIA AVE FRONT AVE W MISSISSIPPI ST 7TH ST E WESTERN AVE N MARION ST 9TH ST E TH ST E 12TH ST E ROBERT ST N SUMMIT AVE OHIO ST ANNAPOLIS ST W BUTLER AVE W 149 DELAWARE AVE HENNEPIN AVE E 8TH ST SE E 2ND ST N TH ST S ENERGY PARK DR 3RD ST S 6TH ST S 3RD AVE S 9TH ST S 8TH ST S PIERCE BUTLER RTE 7TH ST S PARK AVE 38TH ST E LAKE ST E 42ND ST E GRAND AVE 3TH ST E 1ST AVE S 36TH ST E SAINT CLAIR AVE 46TH AVE S CRETIN AVE S CRETIN AVE N 36TH AVE S LEXINGTON PKWY N 31ST AVE S PRIOR AVE N FAIRVIEW AVE N SNELLING AVE N RANDOLPH AVE SNELLING AVE S HAMLINE AVE S FAIRVIEW AVE S 11TH AVE S BLOOMINGTON AVE FORD PKWY 4TH AVE S CHICAGO AVE 34TH AVE S TH AVE S SIBLEY MEMORIAL HWY 6TH ST E 2TH ST E LARPENTEUR AVE E WHEELOCK PKWY W MARYLAND AVE E COMO LAKE DR E GATEWAY DR CAYUGA ST SYCAMORE ST W LAFAYETTE RD N PARK ST KELLOGG BLVD E CEDAR ST SAINT PETER ST KELLOGG BLVD W EXCHANGE ST S WABASHA ST S VICTORIA ST S VICTORIA ST N SMITH AVE N STATE ST VICTORIA ST S OTTO AVE WENTWORTH AVE W 8TH AVE NE 3RD AVE NE 26TH AVE S UNIVERSITY AVE SE 24TH ST E 26TH ST E 28TH ST E AYD MILL RD LEXINGTON PKWY S HIGHLAND PKWY MONTREAL AVE SAINT PAUL AVE DAVERN ST EUSTIS ST 1ST AVE NE 1ST ST N KASOTA AVE 1TH AVE SE MAIN ST SE 1ST AVE N TH ST N HORTON AVE LASALLE AVE 11TH ST S WASHINGTON AVE S 7TH ST N EAST RIVER RD 19TH AVE S 27TH AVE SE OAK ST SE CAPP RD TRANSFER RD VANDALIA ST RAYMOND AVE WEST RIVER PKWY S RIVERSIDE AVE 1TH ST E FRANKLIN AVE E EDGCUMBE RD NOKOMIS PKWY E CLEVELAND AVE S PELHAM BLVD 27TH AVE S HAMPDEN AVE 2TH AVE S 6TH ST S TO EB I 3TH AVE S SNELLING AVE Ridership and Service Weekdays Legend Weekday Boardings by Stop (Spring 21) Jobs Per Acre on Commercial Land Use GODFREY PKWY TH ST E ELWAY ST 2ND ST E Notes: 11- More than Study Transit Routes More than 1 Persons Per Acre on Residental Land Use More than Miles MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLVD S Study Area

7 N SE ELM ST SE UNIVERSITY AVE W MARSHALL AVE THOMAS AVE CHARLTON ST JEFFERSON AVE GEORGE ST W STRYKER AVE CASE AVE BURR ST 16TH ST E SMITH AVE S RICE ST 34TH ST E Figure 18 Map of Saturday Ridership 31ST ST E 47 6 Central Corridor Transit Service Study Existing Conditions Report ARLINGTON AVE E VICTORIA ST N DALE ST N MARYLAND AVE W ARLINGTON AVE W SELBY AVE 7TH ST W DODD RD LARPENTEUR AVE W CONCORDIA AVE FRONT AVE W 7TH ST E MARION ST MISSISSIPPI ST 9TH ST E TH ST E 12TH ST E WESTERN AVE N ROBERT ST N SUMMIT AVE OHIO ST ANNAPOLIS ST W BUTLER AVE W 149 DELAWARE AVE HENNEPIN AVE E 8TH ST SE E 2ND ST N TH ST S ENERGY PARK DR 3RD ST S 6TH ST S 3RD AVE S 9TH ST S 8TH ST S PIERCE BUTLER RTE 7TH ST S PARK AVE 38TH ST E LAKE ST E 3TH ST E 42ND ST E GRAND AVE 31ST AVE S 36TH AVE S 1ST AVE S 36TH ST E SAINT CLAIR AVE 46TH AVE S CRETIN AVE S CRETIN AVE N LEXINGTON PKWY S LEXINGTON PKWY N PRIOR AVE N FAIRVIEW AVE N SNELLING AVE N RANDOLPH AVE SNELLING AVE S HAMLINE AVE S FAIRVIEW AVE S 11TH AVE S 4TH AVE S CHICAGO AVE BLOOMINGTON AVE EUSTIS ST FORD PKWY 34TH AVE S TH AVE S SIBLEY MEMORIAL HWY 6TH ST E 2TH ST E LARPENTEUR AVE E WHEELOCK PKWY W MARYLAND AVE E COMO LAKE DR E GATEWAY DR CAYUGA ST SYCAMORE ST W LAFAYETTE RD N PARK ST KELLOGG BLVD E CEDAR ST SAINT PETER ST KELLOGG BLVD W EXCHANGE ST S WABASHA ST S VICTORIA ST S VICTORIA ST N SMITH AVE N STATE ST VICTORIA ST S OTTO AVE WENTWORTH AVE W 8TH AVE NE 3RD AVE NE 1ST AVE NE 26TH AVE S UNIVERSITY AVE SE 1ST ST N KASOTA AVE 1TH AVE SE MAIN ST SE 1ST AVE N TH ST N HORTON AVE WASHINGTON AVE S 7TH ST N EAST RIVER RD 19TH AVE S OAK ST SE LASALLE AVE 27TH AVE SE 11TH ST S CAPP RD TRANSFER RD VANDALIA ST RAYMOND AVE WEST RIVER PKWY S RIVERSIDE AVE 1TH ST E FRANKLIN AVE E 24TH ST E 26TH ST E 28TH ST E AYD MILL RD HIGHLAND PKWY MONTREAL AVE SAINT PAUL AVE EDGCUMBE RD NOKOMIS PKWY E CLEVELAND AVE S DAVERN ST 27TH AVE S PELHAM BLVD HAMPDEN AVE 2TH AVE S 6TH ST S TO EB I 3TH AVE S SNELLING AVE Ridership and Service Saturdays Legend Saturday Boardings by Stop (Spring 21) Jobs Per Acre on Commercial Land Use GODFREY PKWY TH ST E ELWAY ST 2ND ST E Notes: 11- More than Study Transit Routes More than 1 Persons Per Acre on Residental Land Use More than Miles MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLVD S Study Area

8 N SE ELM ST SE CASE AVE BURR ST 16TH ST E UNIVERSITY AVE W MARSHALL AVE THOMAS AVE CHARLTON ST JEFFERSON AVE GEORGE ST W STRYKER AVE RICE ST 34TH ST E SMITH AVE S Figure 19 Map of Sunday Ridership 47 6 Central Corridor Transit Service Study Existing Conditions Report DALE ST N VICTORIA ST N MARYLAND AVE W ARLINGTON AVE W SELBY AVE 7TH ST W DODD RD LARPENTEUR AVE W CONCORDIA AVE FRONT AVE W 7TH ST E WESTERN AVE N MARION ST PARK ST MISSISSIPPI ST 9TH ST E TH ST E 12TH ST E ROBERT ST N SUMMIT AVE OHIO ST ANNAPOLIS ST W BUTLER AVE W 149 DELAWARE AVE HENNEPIN AVE E 8TH ST SE E 2ND ST N TH ST S ENERGY PARK DR 3RD ST S 6TH ST S 3RD AVE S 9TH ST S 8TH ST S PIERCE BUTLER RTE 7TH ST S PARK AVE 38TH ST E LAKE ST E 3TH ST E 42ND ST E GRAND AVE 31ST AVE S 36TH AVE S 1ST AVE S 36TH ST E SAINT CLAIR AVE 46TH AVE S CRETIN AVE S CRETIN AVE N LEXINGTON PKWY S LEXINGTON PKWY N PRIOR AVE N FAIRVIEW AVE N SNELLING AVE N 31ST ST E RANDOLPH AVE BLOOMINGTON AVE 4TH AVE S CHICAGO AVE 34TH AVE S SNELLING AVE S HAMLINE AVE S FAIRVIEW AVE S 11TH AVE S HIGHLAND PKWY FORD PKWY 28TH AVE S SIBLEY MEMORIAL HWY 6TH ST E 2TH ST E LARPENTEUR AVE E ARLINGTON AVE E WHEELOCK PKWY W MARYLAND AVE E COMO LAKE DR E GATEWAY DR CAYUGA ST SYCAMORE ST W LAFAYETTE RD N KELLOGG BLVD E CEDAR ST SAINT PETER ST KELLOGG BLVD W EXCHANGE ST S WABASHA ST S VICTORIA ST S VICTORIA ST N SMITH AVE N STATE ST VICTORIA ST S OTTO AVE WENTWORTH AVE W 8TH AVE NE 3RD AVE NE 26TH AVE S UNIVERSITY AVE SE 24TH ST E 26TH ST E 28TH ST E AYD MILL RD MONTREAL AVE EDGCUMBE RD SAINT PAUL AVE DAVERN ST EUSTIS ST 1ST AVE NE 1ST ST N KASOTA AVE 1TH AVE SE MAIN ST SE 1ST AVE N TH ST N HORTON AVE WASHINGTON AVE S 7TH ST N EAST RIVER RD 19TH AVE S LASALLE AVE 27TH AVE SE 11TH ST S VANDALIA ST RAYMOND AVE RIVERSIDE AVE 1TH ST E FRANKLIN AVE E NOKOMIS PKWY E CLEVELAND AVE S 27TH AVE S OAK ST SE CAPP RD WEST RIVER PKWY S TRANSFER RD PELHAM BLVD HAMPDEN AVE 2TH AVE S 6TH ST S TO EB I 3TH AVE S SNELLING AVE Ridership and Service Sundays Legend Sunday Boardings by Stop (Spring 21) Jobs Per Acre on Commercial Land Use GODFREY PKWY TH ST E ELWAY ST 2ND ST E Notes: Study Transit Routes More than 1 Persons Per Acre on Residental Land Use More than Miles MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLVD S Study Area

9 SERVICE PERFORMANCE BY ROUTE Service performance is summarized for each of the routes on the following pages for the local and express services, respectively. For weekdays, please see Figure 2, Saturdays, Figure 21, and Sundays, Figure 22. The routes are sorted by high performance to low performance in terms of their average passengers per in service hour. The values in these tables reflect the service levels and ridership during the winter of 21. The in service hours and passengers per in service hour are calculated for the entire route and not just for the route segment within the Study Area. The passengers per route are the total average Automatic Passenger Counter (APC) counts per day. Figure 2 Weekday Route performance Route Type Route In Service Hours Service Boardings PPISH Weekday Express , Express Total 8.1 6,99.4 Limited Stop , , Limited Stop Total ,9 6.6 Local 2.2 9, , , , , , , , , , Local Total 1, , Weekday Total 1,67.7 9, Boardings are the total average of Automatic Passenger Counter (APC) counts per day. PPISH is the average Passengers per In Service Hour. 3

10 Figure 21 Saturday Route performance Route Type Route In Service Hours Service Boardings PPISH Saturday Express , Local , , , , , , , , Local Total , Saturday Total ,7.89 Figure 22 Sunday Route performance Route Type Route In Service Hours Service Boardings PPISH Sunday Express Local , , , , , , , Local Total , 48.6 Sunday Total , Boardings are the total average of Automatic Passenger Counter (APC) counts per day. PPISH is the average Passengers per In Service Hour. 36