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22.3.3.1 Bus Transit
As shown in Table
22.4
, about half of all park-and-ride patrons previously drove
alone to their ultimate destinations. Almost 75 % of park-and-ride arrivals drove
alone, and most (97 %) traveled to work or business. 69 % of the lot users lived less
than 6 miles away, and 63 % of the trips from the lot to destination were between 10
and 30 miles long [
12
].
Table 22.4 Overview of
travel characteristics of park-
and-ride users
Average
a
Characteristics
Range
Number
of lots
a
Previous mode of travel
Drove alone
11
65 %
305
49.2 %
-
Carpool/vanpool
5
28
303
23.2
-
Transit (bus or
other)
5
-
49
304
10.4
Did not make trip
0
-
29
303
14.9
Arrival mode to facility
Drove alone
38
91
146
72.6
-
Shared ride
3
-
36
146
11.0
Dropped off
0
31
117
11.1
-
Walked
0
21
132
4.4
-
Bus
0
-
10
132
1.3
Trip purpose
Work or business
83
100
107
97.2
-
School
0
-
11
80
2.3
Other
0
-
17
80
0.5
Travel frequency (rd.-trlps/wk.)
Three or less
2
15
101
6.6
-
Four
3
-
16
86
7.6
Five or more
71
93
86
86.8
-
Home-to-lot distances (miles)
Three or less
6
-
74
163
46.4
Four to six
18
42
162
22.8
-
Six or more
8
69
162
29.2
-
Lot-to-destination distance (miles)
Less than 10
0
100
190
6.9
-
10
30
0
100
190
63.2
-
-
30 or more
0
-
51
177
30.4
Source
Reference [
4
]
a
The
“
average
”
values shown are weighted by the number of
park-and-ride lots surveyed. Partial or missing data from certain
studies may cause the percentages not to total 100
