[PRCo] Re: PATransit East Busway

[Derrick Brashear]

you found an answer which may have been correct for some point in
time. there's no date there.

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
> 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.
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> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 17:09, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> 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?
>>> > --
>>> > Herb Brannon
>>> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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>> Herb Brannon
>> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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> Herb Brannon
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Derrick