[PRCo] Re: PATransit East Busway

[Herb Brannon]

Found the answer on the "Pittsburgh Highways" website:
This busway serves downtown Pittsburgh, East End, and the eastern suburbs
of Allegheny County.  The average rider ship for routes using the busway
are 30,000 daily and 7.5 million a year.   It is designed for speeds up to
55 MPH, lower speed limits are applied in some twists in the valley.

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 17:09, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:

> There still has to be an "average" number of passengers carried each
> weekday on the East Busway on all routes. The average number of light rail
> passengers (from all rail routes) is over 24,000 per day. I just need to
> know the "KISS" rough average of all passengers carried on the East Busway.
> Where they come from makes no difference.
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> The PATransit website gives light rail and "total" bus (all routes
> systemwide) figures for each day but does not break down the difference
> between local bus, express, and Busway daily totals.
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> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 15:18, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:
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>> That would be difficult to ascertain because, unlike the Newark City
>> Subway today and more like the subway as original configured, the East
>> Busway is a funnel for many routes in the east end.
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>> Are you trying to find a number for simply the passengers who board at
>> stations along the busway, or board downtown and get off along the busway?
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>> Or are you looking for a total of all riders on the routes that use the
>> busway, which would be much larger number?   If you want everything using
>> the busway, you have to consider multiple agencies Herb.   Westmoreland
>> County Transit Authority buses running into Pittsburgh also use the busway.
>>   It is not limited to just PAT routes.
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>> On Dec 15, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:
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>> > Does anyone know the average daily ridership on the East Busway?
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>> > Herb Brannon
>> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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> Herb Brannon
> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park