Impacts of Express Lanes on Transit Mode Share Sample Clauses

Impacts of Express Lanes on Transit Mode Share. Shift‌ Several questions within the 2009 questionnaire were designed specifically to determine whether there was any mode shift to transit as a result of Express Lanes implementation. Respondents were asked to indicate how they made this trip prior to riding the 95 Express bus service. Their responses were cross-tabulated against the length of time they had been using the 95 Express service, in order to isolate those who had switched to using the 95 Express following Express Lanes implementation in December 2008. See Table 23 for results. Table 23 How long have you been riding the 95 Express bus vs. previous mode How long have you been riding the 95 Express bus? How did you make this trip prior to riding the 95 Express bus? Less than 5 months 5 - 12 months Over 1 year Total N % N % N % N % Travelled alone by car 13 48.1% 26 51.0% 128 50.0% 167 50.0% Carpooled in HOV lane 0 0.0% 3 5.9% 11 4.3% 14 4.2% Used other bus service 2 7.4% 5 9.8% 20 7.8% 27 8.1% Used other transit service 2 7.4% 8 15.7% 21 8.2% 31 9.3% Did not make this trip 9 33.3% 3 5.9% 15 5.9% 27 8.1% Have always used the 95 Express bus 1 3.7% 6 11.8% 56 21.9% 63 18.9% Other 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 2.0% 5 1.5% Total 27 100% 51 100% 256 100% 334 100% The first point to note from Table 23 is that very few respondents (27) had been riding the service for less than 5 months. This in itself shows that 95 Express ridership consists primarily of people who have been using the service prior to Express Lanes implementation, and therefore their core decision about whether or not to use transit on the corridor must be assumed to be unaffected by the project. Secondly, there are so few respondents riding for less than five months that this sample size (27 responses) is insufficient for the purposes of making any statistically robust inferences about mode shift to transit, though it can be seen that the most frequently cited responses within this group were ‘travelled alone by car’ (13 respondents) and ‘did not make this trip’ (nine respondents). However, 50 percent of the total sample stated that their prior travel mode for the trip was travelling alone by car, with this proportion being approximately the same whether respondents had been riding for less than five months, five to twelve months, or over one year. This suggests that the 95 Express service as a whole has had some success over time in attracting auto users to transit, and that the rate at which private auto users switch to the 95 Express has not been a...

Impacts of Express Lanes on Transit Mode Share. Shift Several questions in the 2009 and 2010 questionnaire were designed specifically to determine whether there was any mode shift to transit as a result of Express Lanes implementation. Respondents were asked how long they have been riding the 95 Express Bus Service. They were also asked how they made the trip prior to using the 95 Express Bus. Table 30 below is a cross tab of new riders, that is to say riders that began using the 95 Express Bus Service after December 2008. The first column represents those who began riding the 95 Express Bus during Phase 1A. The second column represents those who began riding the 95 Express Bus during Phase 1B (i.e., after the 3 new routes began). The third column represents the total new riders. Table 30: Previous Travel Modes of New 95 Express Bus Service Riders When did you start riding the 95 Express Bus Service? How did you make this trip prior to riding the 95 Express bus? Between December 2008 and December 2009 Sometime during 2010 Total N %Total N %Total N %Total regular lanes Travelled alone by car in HOV/I-95 Express lanes *Travelled alone by car in regular and/or I-95 Express Lanes *Travelled alone by car in regular lanes and used other transit service Carpooled in regular lanes Carpooled in HOV/I-95 Express lanes Used other bus service Used other transit service