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Report to UIC Chancellor’s Committee on Sustainability and Energy
Table 2: Mode Choice by Percentage of Use for those using three modes
First Mode
Share
%of
Use
Second Mode
Share
%of Use Third Mode
Share
% of
Use
Drive Alone 37% Metra 57% CTA or PACE 32%
Bus
Walk 22% “El” 20% Walk 30%
CTA (or PACE) 13% CTA (or PACE) 12% “El” 24%
Bus
Bus
Metra 11% Walk 4% Intercampus 8%
Shuttle
Carpool 8% Bike 2% Commuter 3%
Shuttle
Bike 6% Intercampus or 2% Bike 2%
Commuter
Shuttle
“El” 4% Drive Alone 2% Metra 2%
Schedules and Arrival Times
Work schedules are an important component of travel demand.
Academic institutions are likely to have a greater percentage of
workers who are on variable schedules, compared to private
businesses and government agencies, which are more likely to
operate during the usual “9 to 5” times.
In UIC, staff and part-time students have the most predictable
schedules. Faculty members tend to be on campus during the
business day with a somewhat varied schedule, while full-time
students have the greatest schedule variety, with more than 25%
stating that their schedules vary considerably.
The distribution of rides made by U-PASS holders is given, by type of
day (weekday or weekend day) in Figure 6. For weekday rides, it can
be seen that the peak time period is the midday period (9AM-3PM).
Thus, student U-PASS holders do not have the typical travel profiles
of commuters in general – for general commuters, there is a morning
peak of transit rides (6AM-10AM) and an evening peak (3PM-7PM).
Looking at the time distribution of trips over the weekend (which are in
all likelihood, discretionary or recreational trips), the peak hours for U-
Pass trips are the midday time period (9AM to 3PM) and the evening
time period (6PM-9PM). One implication of this pattern is that the U-
PASS program is helping boost transit ridership during time periods
when it does not typically have high volumes of riders.
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