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capacity. Tables
22.6
,
22.7
and
22.8
give the reported occupancies (utilization) for
bus, HOV, and rail park-and-ride facilities.
Occupancies (%capacity) of express and local bus lots range from 10 to 100 %
(Table
22.6
)
Occupancies (%capacity) of HOV park-and-ride facilities range from 34 to
100 % (Table
22.7
)
Occupancies (%capacity) of rail park-and-ride facilities range from 26 to 100 %
(Table
22.8
)
Table 22.6 Examples of utilization of express and local bus park-and-ride facilities
System (year)
Number
of lots
Number of
spaces
Parked
vehicles
Percent
capacity (%)
Buffalo-Niagara Frontier (1995)
6
200
n/a
50
Calgary (1998)
North
6
186
129
69
Southwest
2
103
103
100
Cincinnati Region (1998
-
1999)
25
2,089
1,296
62
Denver
—
Regional Transit District
(1998)
a
55
11,251
8,199
73
Des Moines Transit Authority
(1995)
3
n/a
n/a
50
80
-
1
n/a
n/a
10
Duluth Transit Authority (1995)
1
22
n/a
50
Houston-US 59 North/Eastex
(1998)
3
2,418
1,130
47
Maryland
—
State Highway Admin.
23
5,219
3,792
73
Lots (2003)
Sacramento (1989)
3
154
60
39
Santa Clara Valley Transportation
Authority (1998)
a
17
820
260
32
Seattle (1998)
North District
a
26
4,115
3,025
74
East District
a
43
6,235
4,964
80
South District
a
57
7,536
5,554
74
Miami Valley (Ohio) Regional
Transit Authority (1995)
26
960
n/a
75
Metro-Dade (1993)
8
1,767
883
50
Norfolk-Tidewater Transport
District (1995)
5
700
400
57
San Diego (1998)
31
2,125
850
40
n/a
—
Information not available except by inference based on the
“
Percent Capacity
”
values, which
come from estimates or other derivations used by the reporting agencies
Source
Reference [
1
], Table 3.5
a
Some buses operating out of these lots use the various HOV lanes and other priority treatments
