ROUTE 90C CUMBERLAND EXPRESS - ripta

Riders per Trip7:3017:04FIGURE 3 | WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP PER TRIP6050WeekdayInboundOutbound403020100PERFORMANCERoute 90C’s cost per passenger, at $10.35, is among the highest in the RIPTA system. This high cost isdue to two factors. First, ridership is low, at only 14 passengers per trip. Second, because it provides peakdirection only service, buses run empty from RIPTA’s garage to begin AM service and again when thenfinish PM service. This is an unavoidable characteristic of limited service express services thatsignificantly increases costs.Route 90C also carries only 25.1 passengers per revenue vehicle hour, which is 24% below the systemaverage of 33.2. This is also a typical characteristic of express services that transport passengers over longdistances with little ridership between intermediate stops.TABLE 4| PERFORMANCE MEASURESPERFORMANCE MEASURE ROUTE 90W SYSTEMAVERAGEOperating Cost per Passenger $10.35 $3.12Passengers per Revenue Vehicle Hour 25.1 33.2Passengers per Revenue Vehicle Mile 0.8 2.5Total Vehicle Hours per Revenue Vehicle Hour 1.9 1.1Average Speed (mph) 33.0 13.4Performance data is from RIPTA.OVERALL ASSESSMENTRoute 90C provides a single AM inbound and PM outbound trip that largely duplicates express serviceprovide on Route 54, and serves only six people who would not be equally well served by Route 54Woonsocket/Lincoln. Furthermore, since the route is a park and ride route, many or all of those six coulddrive to Route 54. The one bus that is deployed to provide Route 90C service could be more effectivelyutilized to improve service on Route 54.Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates Inc. | 4