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    1. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Oct 11

      Looking at some data on local bus routes--there's an obvious correlation between the frequency of each route and the number of people who show up to ride it.pic.twitter.com/dqpCXse24F

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    2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Oct 11

      Let's get a closer look--circled in red, the three busiest routes: 30 and 31 operate around UMass, and are free for all passengers--which accounts for their lead over 7, which runs in Springfield and charges fares. All operate at 15-minute headways for most of the day.pic.twitter.com/cTZHTl6bWJ

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    3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Oct 11

      In blue you see the UMass campus shuttles, classified as two routes but effectively the same route running in opposite directions. These also run 15min headways and charge no fares. If they were classified as a single route, it would have the highest ridership in the network.

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    4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Oct 11

      Then in green, you see the other "major" routes. 1 and 2 are mostly in Springfield, 20 is between Springfield and Holyoke via a busy mall, and 43 is between Northampton and Amherst. All of these run at 20 minute headways and charge fares, tho students can ride the 43 for free.

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    5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Oct 11

      Gotta zoom in to get detail as we progress down the list here: in red, what I might call the "second tier" of busy routes. Most of these run every 30 minutes for most of the day, but route 6 runs every 20 minutes. A lot of the route is very close to the more frequent 7, though...pic.twitter.com/JlGIoVCFRY

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      Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Oct 11

      In blue: route 33 operates every 40 minutes (well...it was recently cut to 80 minutes due to a driver shortage, but that should be resolved by January) and charges no fare, while route 10 operates every hour and charges fares. Route 10 in particular desperately needs more trips!

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        2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Oct 11

          Lastly, in green: these are what I would call the "college failure" tier--routes which are free to use, and intended for college kids, but just can't pull the ridership they need. Route 39 connects Hampshire College to Northampton, and the "OWL" is a campus shuttle in Westfield.

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        3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Oct 11

          Hitting the bottom now--a lot of zooming in necessary here. In red you have what I'll call "stragglers," routes with poor ridership which can usually be attributed to poor frequency. Most of these run every hour, although the 17 runs every 45min and the 4 runs every 40 min.pic.twitter.com/SBPN5ZDSTD

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        4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Oct 11

          In blue you have two routes that I'll call "maybes." As in, MAYBE they could do better with better frequency...the 45 has an erratic schedule with most of its trips in the morning and evening; the 29 has departures every two hours.

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        5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Oct 11

          Finally in green you have the "irredeemables," which probably aren't worth saving--at least not without drastic reworking. The 10S is free and runs every half hour...but the route is clearly not in much demand from its intended riders. The 24 is hourly, but runs in a one-way loop

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        6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Oct 11

          ...in other words, it might get you somewhere, but it's not great for getting you back (or vice versa). Route 46 is more or less eliminated at this point (the data is from last April), Route 12 is a prison shuttle with its own dedicated funding source, and Route 98 is no more.

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