ROUTE 78 | BEVERAGE HILL/NEWPORT AVE - ripta

In addition, although volumes at individual stops are lower than those described above, there is asignificant amount of collective ridership activity along School Street, and along Angell Street in thevicinity of Elmgrove Avenue.As is the case on many other routes, the variant services have very low ridership:• The one trip that operates along New Road in Providence instead of along Beverage Hill Avenueserves only one passenger.• The three mile long deviation along Pleasant Street to the state line (1.5 miles each way), servesonly one passenger.• The one mile long deviation to Rumford Towers (0.5 miles each way), serves only two riders.Outbound ridership by stop is generally the reverse of inbound ridership, including similar ridershiplevels on each street on the one-way couplet pairs of School Street/Prospect Street and AngellStreet/Waterman Street.RIDERSHIP BY TRIPWeekday Ridership by TripRidership per trip is fairly steady between 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM. A stronger PM peak occurs from 2:30 PMto 6:00 PM (see Figure 4). Ridership per trip is slightly higher inbound in the AM and outbound in thePM, which is an indication that this route serves the downtown (Providence) commute market. Evenhigher ridership around 3:00 PM indicates that the route also serves significant student ridership. Inmore detail:FIGURE 4 | WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP PER TRIP50454035WeekdayInboundOutbound30Riders per Trip25201510505:216:006:076:526:597:447:528:368:419:289:3610:2010:2811:1211:1712:0412:1212:5613:0413:4813:5614:4014:4815:3215:4216:2616:3417:1817:2618:1018:2119:0019:0619:4519:5120:3020:3621:1521:2122:0022:0622:45• In the AM peak, ridership per trip is slightly higher inbound; all trips carry over 20 passengers.• AM peak ridership levels are maintained through the midday period. Ridership per trip begins togradually increase towards the end of the period, with the final trips carrying over 35 passengers.• Afternoon ridership peaks at school dismissal times. These trips carry the highest ridership of theday and generally carry from 35 to 45 passengers.• PM peak trips generally carry 25 to over 40 passengers per trip.Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates Inc. | 6