The busiest 1/3 of PVTA routes account for nearly 80% of total ridership, but only 65~70% of total mileage or hours.pic.twitter.com/6awm1ApDG0
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The busiest 1/3 of PVTA routes account for nearly 80% of total ridership, but only 65~70% of total mileage or hours.pic.twitter.com/6awm1ApDG0
13 routes fall into that category, 7 of which operate partly or entirely in Springfield, and the other 6 of which operate partly or entirely in Amherst. Between them, they provide service to 12 of PVTA's 24 member communities.
If you're following along, that means that 50% of towns served by PVTA account for less than 20% of total ridership (the actual numbers are even more drastic, as the ridership on the busiest routes isn't evenly distributed across every town they serve)
Despite this, PVTA's advisory board assigns one seat for *each* of the 24 member communities (plus 1 seat apiece for a "rider rep" and "mobility rep"). Towns like Longmeadow or Williamsburg (each accounting for <1% of total ridership) have as much say as Springfield or Amherst.
Maybe not officially/administratively, but they still get referred to and talked about.
yes, would've been more accurate if I had said we don't have county *government* anymore
Yeah: that’s definitely true.
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