TCRP Synthesis of Transit Practice 14 Innovative Suburb-to-Suburb Transit Practices (1995) / Chapter Skim
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3 CASE STUDIES OF SELECTED APPROACHES TO SERVING SUBURB-TO-SUBURB TRAVEL
3 CASE STUDIES OF SELECTED APPROACHES TO SERVING SUBURB-TO-SUBURB TRAVEL
Pages 8-24
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Services Provided The following types of services are provided by PACE. Fixed Route PACE operates fixed route service over 140 regular routes, 79 feeder routes, 9 subscription routes, and 2 seasonal routes.
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FIGURE 2 PACE journey to work travel market segments, in millions (based on 1990 Census Transportation Planning Package data)
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The COP provides a direct link between the region's 2010 transportation system development plan and PACE's 5-year capital plan and annual ok crating and capital budget elements. Specific efforts to be pursued in the development of a comprehensive suburban public transportation plan include the following: · Doubling the level of fixed route services offered by the year 2010.
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Based on this input, the representative can then offer appropriate solutions. Typical employer interests have included conducting awareness events to inform their employees of available transit connections; surveying employees to determine trip origins and interests in transit services (fixed route, vanpool, subscription bus, rail-feeder connections)
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And lastly, they use a different or nontraditional method of operation, such as flex routes, a new concept pin neered by NJ Transit that combines features of fixed, demandresponsive, and route deviation operating methods. Nontraditional options such as flex routes allow customers to reserve a ride in advance; circulator routes provide greater access to downtown retail areas; and additional park-and-ride and train station shuttle services further improve the convenience of public transit.
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Two separate routes operate to allow frequent and convenient service to and Mom employment sites. Description: Reservations: No R dersh p during 61.7 passenger trips/day April 1995: $.50 per trip Frequency: 5 trips a.m.
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Frequency: 4 "peak" hour trips each morning and evening; times to be based on demand Service: Circulator portion of above route _ Description: A lunchtime circulator complements - - WHEEL the "peak hour" service, giving East am_ Suburban Transportation Services Gate employees transportation to the Moorestown Mall for lunch and Free Ride Pass errands. Reservations: No This pass is valid for unlimited rides on the following WHEELS service: #962 West Essex Shllftle for the period ending September 30, 1994.
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The Kentwood circulator provides service to the fastest growing suburban employment center in the area. The Kentwood area includes an airport, hundreds of employers, a major department store, two shopping malls, Kentwood City Hall, and several office parks.
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Although GRATA's route service is currently centered on Grand Rapids' CBD, significant transportation needs remain within the city's core. In the future, GRATA will continue to analyze weekend, evening, and suburb-to-suburb travel patterns to determine if new circulator routes and hours can be added to meet community needs.
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Ottawa-Carleton is a relatively affluent region and traffic congestion is not a major factor in attracting transit
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Except for Vanier, all primary employment centers, employing at least 5,000 persons, will be located at existing or future Transitway stations. Smaller secondary employment centers are allowed off the Transitway, but must have access to frequent and efficient all-day transit service.
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and 18 stations currently provide rapid transit service throughout the region's urban area (see Figure 11~.
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Local feeder routes serve individual communities, and terminate at major stations where transfers can be made to other feeder routes, mainline routes along higher density major arterials, and Transitway routes that provide frequent cross-regional rapid transit service. Most major stations are Transitway stations.
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Suburban employment centers located away from the Transitway are generally served by one or both of the following types of service: all-day service on a regular route (either mainline or local feeder route) , or peal`-period only on counterpeak direction routes that travel from Transitway stations to the employment center in the morning, and are reversed at night.
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Much of the revenue time for the counterpeak routes would have been deadhead (non-revenue) tinge between express trips, so the marginal cost to implement new counterpeak routes is often much lower than for other types of routes.
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