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CHAPTER3System & Service EvaluationThis chapter summarizes recent Tri Delta Transit operating andfinancial trends, presents the results of onboard surveys completed in2006 and 2007, and evaluates these results in terms of systemstrengths and weaknesses, opportunities and constraints in referenceto Tri Delta Transit’s key objectives and the primary transit marketsthat the system serves.Fixed Route TrendsTable 3.1 summarizes overall Tri Delta Transit fixed route operatingtrends from FY 1994-95 through FY 2006-07.Tri Delta Transit ridership has steadily increased during the pastdecade, growing rapidly after the opening of the Pittsburg/Bay PointBART station at the end of 1996. Within three years (FY 2000-01), TriDelta Transit patronage more than doubled to almost 2.1 millionpassengers in part due to the assumption of service for the BARTExpress program by ECCTA. Patronage growth leveled off as the BayArea economy slowed and overall employment stagnated after 2001.Tri Delta Transit service levels have ranged from 148,000 to 161,000annual service hours between FY 2002 and FY 2007. Ridership hasleveled off at 2.2 to 2.3 million riders annually through FY 2005, withslight increases to 2.4 million in FY 2006 and to 2.5 million during FY2007. Modest declines in local route ridership were generally offset byincreases in express route patronage. Delta Express commute serviceto Livermore began during FY 2001, and to Dublin in FY 2002.Table 3.1 Fixed Route Operating Trends3,000,0002,500,0002,000,0001,500,0001,000,000500,00001994-951995-961996-971997-981998-991999-002000-012001-022002-032003-042004-052005-062006-07Total Boardings27