[PRCo] Re: PATransit East Busway

[Derrick Brashear]

Connect '09. Probably.

On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Jim Keener <jimktrains at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 15, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>> In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
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Derrick