[PRCo] Re: PATransit East Busway

[Jim Keener]

Could we get that data from the study done a few years back?  I have the
PDFs at home (and they're online still, iirc).  I'll look then.
Jim

On 12/16/2011 02:24 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 15:18, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>> 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
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