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to require a pedestrian-friendly environment with new buildings, though these details are
negotiated during the design phase. 1
Developed land beyond the M-X-T zone is almost entirely zoned residential. A multifamily,
high-density residential (R-10) zone is located within 1/4-mile of Naylor Road Station to the
northwest. Large residential buildings are permitted in R-10 zones, though buildings exceeding
110 feet require special exception approval. Other nearby residential zones are predominantly
lower-density attached, semi-detached, and detached housing. Large tracts of open space are
also located nearby.
1. Branch Avenue
Corridor Sector
Plan (2008)
Metrorail Ridership
Naylor Road Station averaged 3,160 entries and 3,138 exits per weekday during May 2012, a
seven percent decline from the station’s highest recorded ridership in 2006 with 3,402 entries.
Peak hours of ridership occur from 7:00 to 8:00
AM in the morning and 5:00 to 6:00 PM in the
afternoon.
A large imbalance between entries and exits is
observed during peak periods at Naylor Road
Station (Figure 8), which is indicative of heavy
use by daily commuters. Morning and afternoon
peaking is very pronounced, with most people
entering the station in the morning and exiting
in the afternoon—an indication of few jobs
in the area. During the general Metrorail
systemwide morning peak period (5:00 to 9:30
AM), approximately eight passengers enter the
station per every exiting passenger. Conversely,
almost four passengers exit the station per
every entering passenger during the afternoon
systemwide peak period (3:00 to 7:00 PM).
Midday entries remain relatively stable
following the morning peak period until
about 6:00 PM where they begin to decline.
Exits slowly increase throughout the morning
and midday periods, but greatly accelerate at
2:00 PM. Following the afternoon peak period, passenger exits
inconsistently decline with some small surges of increased activity
around midnight.
Peak period service along the Green Line has six-minute
headways, while non-peak service has 12 minute headways. Table
3 summarizes typical rail frequencies at the Naylor Road Station
for weekday and weekend time periods.
Table 2: Average Weekday Metrorail Ridership (May 2012)
Time Period Entries Exits Total
Daily 3,160 3,138 6,298
Morning Peak Hour 7:00 to 8:00 AM 645 69 714
Afternoon Peak Hour 5:00 to 6:00 PM 110 560 670
Source: Metro faregate data
Figure 8: Naylor Road Station Metrorail Ridership Pattern
350
Entries
300
Exits
250
Passengers
200
150
100
50
0
Source: Metro faregate data
Time of Day (24-Hour Clock)
Table 3: Metrorail Frequency at Naylor
Road Station
Headway
Day Period
(minutes)
Weekday Morning Peak 6
Mid-day 12
Afternoon Peak 6
Early evening 12
Late evening 20
Weekend Morning to evening 12-15
Evening 20
11 | Existing Station Area Characteristics