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CHAPTER 6 – EXPRESS BUS PLANS
Table 6-2: Summary of Scenario A - Bus Components
Element
Route A1-Fremont
to Omaha
Route A2- Blair to
Omaha
Totals
Annual O&M Costs $125,000 $85,000 $210,000
Capital Costs $764,000 $789,000 $1.55 million
Rolling Stock $1.35 million $1.35 million $2.7 million
Annual Ridership 24,000 to 29,000 28,000 to 32,000 52,000 to 61,000
Annual Revenue $61,000-$74,000 $59,000-$67,000 $120,000-$141,000
Source: Wilbur Smith Associates, July 2003.
Note: Costs are rounded and in 2003 dollars. Ridership numbers are approximate estimates; all numbers are rounded to
the nearest 1,000.
Bus Route A1: Fremont-Omaha
Trips from Fremont to Omaha would collect passengers at a new park-and-ride lot located near
the interchange of US-275 and US-30 in Fremont. Buses would travel via US-30 to US-275,
thence southbound to L28B (W. Dodge Road), thence eastbound to US-6, thence eastbound to
MAT’s new Downtown Omaha hub to be built at 24 th and Farnam Streets. Intermediate stops
would be at the existing transit centers at the Westroads Mall, the Crossroads Shopping Center,
and the Nebraska Medical Center. Passengers would continue to their final destinations via local
buses, with a free transfer. The return trip would follow the same route. Some modification of
the local bus service schedules may be desirable in order to support the express bus service.
One-way travel time is estimated at approximately 60 minutes. There will be six one-way trips
on weekdays – three morning inbound to Omaha and three afternoon outbound trips from
Omaha. The buses would layover overnight in Fremont at the park-and-ride facility for
deployment in the AM peak. Buses in Omaha will be serviced mid-day at the maintenance
facility, thence to be deployed for PM trips.
Three buses are needed to provide the service for Route A1 at a cost of $1.35 million. Route A1
capital costs for a new Fremont area park-and-ride lot are estimated at $348,000 (see Appendix
Table C-1), inclusive of a bus layover area and an automatic TVM. Other capital costs include
TVMs at stops in Omaha, totaling $416,000 2 . Annual operating and maintenance (O&M) costs
for Route A1 are estimated at $125,000 3 . According to Chapter 3, an estimated 24,000 to 29,000
passenger trips will occur in 2010 for Route A1 between Fremont and Omaha. Annual revenues
from fares ($4.25 each way X 60 percent = $2.55 average fare) are estimated at $61,000 to
$74,000. The proposed service schedule for Route A1 is provided in Table 6-3.
2 A TVM costs $65,000. Site preparation and installation plus contingencies are estimated at an additional 60 percent. Thus a
total TVM cost sums to $104,000. The Westroads Mall transit center, the Crossroads Shopping Center transit center, the
Nebraska Medical Center transit center, and the new MAT hub will each have one TVM, with a total estimated cost of
$416,000.
3 41 mile between Fremont and Downtown Omaha X 6 trips X 254 weekdays X $2 per mile O&M costs = $124,986.
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