Going over some (now slightly outdated) ridership data for our buses...these are average weekday boards during the school year (based on ridership from Feb/Mar and Sep 2017) Systemwide: 43,129 Busiest route (free): 5,179 Busiest route (w/fare): 3,767
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On the other hand, a lot of routes clearly aren't useful to many people--some might be redeemable with better frequency or restructuring, others won't. Sorting these routes out will free up resources that could be poured back into the effective routes for a net gain in riders.
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Solving the revenue problem will mean increasing the % of revenue that comes from fares rather than from state, federal, and local allocations--to do this, we need more riders *and* higher fares per rider. Neither is possible until the busiest routes are also the best to ride!
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