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APPENDIX D
STATISTICAL INFORMATION OF SURVEYED AGENCIES
U.S. TRANSIT AGENCIES:
Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART)
Oakland, Calfornia
Vehicles:
Service Lnitiated:
Avg. Wkdy. Riders:
Fares:
not provided
not provided
not provided
$.80 to $3.00; cheaper fares ($.80) for
short suburb-to-suburb trips
San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans)
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
San Carlos, California
Vehicles: 27 buses
Service Initiated: 1989
Avg. Wkdy. Riders: 800
Fares: employer subsidies replace fares
Space Coast Area Transit
Cocoa, Florida
Vehicles:
Service Initiated:
Avg. Wkdy. Riders:
Fares:
Cobb Community Transit
Marietta, Georgia
Vehicles:
Service Initiated:
Avg. Wkdy. Riders:
Fares:
28 fixed route buses; 14 demand
response buses/vans; %7 vans used for
vanpooling
not provided
485 f-r; 1315 d-r; 1150 vanpool
$.50 (e&d) to $1.00 (reg.) on f-r;
$1.00 (e&d & youth)/$2.00 (adults) on
d-r
10 fixed route buses; paratra~sit-not
provided
1989
4,300
$1.00 adult; $.50 e&d; $.65 youth
ADA paratransit adult fare $2.00
PACE Suburban Bus Division of RTA*
Arlington Height, Illinois
Vehicles: 558 fixed route buses (48% of Eldership
on f-r is suburb to-suburb; 316 demand
response buses and vans; 5 shuttles
from rail; 143 vans (90% suburb-to
suburb); 127 contractor-owned vehicles
used for f-r service
Service Initiated:
Avg. Wkdy. Riders:
Fares:
not provided
127.248 f-r; 5~867 d-r; 1,906 vanpool
$1.00 to $1.60 without transfers; $1.00
local; $1.1S inner suburban; $1.35/1.60
express; $88.00/month subscription bus;
$1.30 dial-a-ride; Passes $78.00 adult,
$35.00 (e&d)
Mass Transit Administration of Maryland (MTA)
Baltimore, Maryland
Vehicles:
Service Initiated:
Avg. Wkdy. Riders:
_
-'ares:
7 fixed route buses on 3 routes; 5 d-r
vans; 1 rail car
rail-1987, other not provided
3~708 f-r
$1.25-$2.15
Montgomery County Transit Services
Rockville, Maryland
Vehicles:
Service Initiated:
Avg. Wkdy. Riders:
Fares:
208 for buses
not provided
61,OO~system ricers hip (about 2/3 is
suburb-to-suburb)
$1.00
Prince George's County Department of Public Works
and Transportation
Landover, Maryland
Vehicles:
Service Initiated:
Avg. W'kdy. Riders:
Fares:
22 f-r buses: 9 d-r buses
1987 f-r; 1991 d-r
2,144 f-r; 69 d-r
$.75 f-r; $.50 d-r
Corridor Transportation Corporation (CTC)
Laurel, Maryland
Vehicles:
Service Initiated:
Avg. Wkdy. Riders:
~ares:
10 f-r 'buses
1989
1,100
$.90 reg; $.45 e&d; $1.25 express
Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation
(SMART)
Detroit, Michigan
Vehicles:
Service Initiated:
Avg. Wkdy. Riders:
of_
Pares:
f-r not available; 100 d-r'buses
f-r and d-r 1970s
57234 f-r buses; 2~000 d-r
f-r $1.50; d-r $2.00 (reg)/$1.00 (e&d)
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Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority (GRATA)*
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Westchester County Department of Transportation (WCDOT)
White Plains, New York
Vehicles: total fleet: 82 buses; 4 suburban Vehicles: 13 f-r buses; g vans as shuttle from rail;
circulator minibuses; 60 vans for vans for vanpools-number varies
vanpools Service Initiated: f-r early 1980s; rail shuttle 1983
Service Initiated: 4 n~nibuses suburban circulator (2 Avg. Wkdy. Riders: 1~200 f-r; 300 rail; 400 rail shuttle;
routes) 1995: vanpool 1990; 1,540 vanpools; 19,368 carpools
Avg. Wkdy. Riders: suburban circulator; vanpools 60 numbers are calculated by Metropool,
Fares: $1.25 f-r or 10 tickets for 57.00; Inc. reflects only number of matches
$2.50 d-r; $59/month for vanpools made not actual amount of carpooling
which is taking place.
Fares: range: $1.0~$1.50; f-r $1.15; rail is
Metropolitan Council Transit Operations (Metropolitan zone based structure; rail shuttle $1.15
Council) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Vehicles: 15 f-r buses; smaller buses used in f-r
are subcontracted- number not
provided
Service Initiated: 1979 through 1993
Avg. Wkday. Riders: 1,800 f-r; 50 subcontracted service; 170
vanpools; 2~600 carpools
Fares: $.25 to $1.25
New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit)*
Newark, New Jersey
Southeastern Pennsylvania Trar~sportation Authority (SEPTA)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vehicles:
Service Initiated:
Avg. \Ykdy. Riders:
Fares:
Vehicles: varies-n~any of NJ Transits services
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
offer suburb-to-suburb travel opt~ons; Dallas Texas
WHEELS services are subcontracted
no. of vehicles not available
Veh c es 34 f-r buses
Service Initiated: 1993-1994 (WHEELS) Service Initiated: 1986
Avg. WkdY Riders 74nge (5 50 ~o $' 90 ~WHEELS) Avg. Wkdy. Riders: 10,100
MTA Long Island Bus (Ll Bus)
Garden City, New York
Vehicles: 330 t:r buses (5 are small buses)
Service Initiated: 1973
Avg. Wkdy. Riders: 82,225
Fares: range $1.50-$2.00; $1.50 for suburb-to-
suburb trips; special promotional fares
for new circulator services
MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Company
Jamaica, New York
Vehicles:
Avg. Wkdy. Riders:
Fares:
1,134 rail cars; 6 buses used as rail
shuttles; rail shuttles provide suburb-to
suburb service
Service Initiated: 1834 rail; 1991-1994 rail shuttle
(LIRR provides 3 demonstration shuttle
services)
6,000 rail; 200 rail shuttle
rail $46.00 to $161.00 for monthly
ticket; rail shuttle $.25 to $1.50; 2 of the
3 shuttle services have promotiollal
fares. Uniticket bus/rail fares reduces
shuttle cost from $1.50 to $.75/trip.
54 f-r buses
all prior to 1983
13,625
range: $1.50-$2.70 cash; $1.05-$2.25
discounted tokens and cash; $69.00
monthly suburban traDsit pass ($1.73
cost per trip)
University of Tennessee Transportation Center
Knoxville, Tennessee
Vehicles: 10 vans-vanpools; carpools
Service Initiated: 1992
Ridership: 70 vanpools; carpools unkllown
Fares: $50-$75 per month/per rider (distance
based) vanpools
King County Department of Metropolitan Services
(Seatte Metro) Seattle, Washington
Vehicles: 46 f-r buses; 17 val~s-vanpools
Service Initiated: 1979-current
Avg. Wkdy. Riders: 7,100 f-r; vanpool not provided
Fares: range $1.10-$1.60
Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area
Authority (C-TRAN)
Vancouver, Washington
`lehicles: 4 f-r 30 ft. buses
Service Initiated: 1989
Ridership: 600
Fares: $.60-$1.10 (distance-based zone system)
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CANADIAN TRANSIT AGENCIES:
BC Transit
Surrey, British Columbia
Vehicles:
Service Initiated: 1975
Ridership:
Fares:
75 f-r buses; rail
suburban town centres with downtown.
Many customers use rail for suburb-to-
suburb service. Also operates urban ferry
service.
(service connects three
35,000 f-r buses; 30,000 rail
range: $1.5~$3.00 (three zones; all fares
integrated regardless of mode
Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission
(OC Transpo)* Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario
Vehicles:
Service Initiated: 1983
Avg. Wkdy. Riders: Suburb-to-suburb ridership is not
broken out because these trips are
considered to be an integral part of the
regionalTransitway system. System-
wide ridership on the Transitway is:
200,000
$1.60 off peak, $2.10 peak; Ticket
equivalent fare $1.30/$1.95; monthly
passes $54.00 adult, $44.50 student
Fares:
Note: This information was provided by the survey respon-
dents. Except for the case study systems (noted by *), follow-
up was not done to ensure the accuracy of the data reported.
190 f-r buses (40 and 60 ft.) operating
on Transitway and shuttle buses from
Transitway
f-r = D~xed-route
d-r = demand response
e&d = elderly and disabled
Representative terms from entire chapter:
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