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STEPNO. PAGE1 5-202 7-93 5-214 5-225 5-25Table 11-3Event Operations Planning StepsDiscrete/Recurring Event at a Permanent VenueEVENT-SPECIFIC ISSUESEVENT-SPECIFIC REFERENCE INFORMATIONTOPICPAGE• Potential high level of express/charter bus • Data: Percentage of walking trips for oncampuscollege football games.service for sporting events.5-21• Review of historical transit data. • Data: Example modal split for various permanentvenues; Table 5-12.5-21• Impact of weekday events on non-attendee • Example: Express bus services. 7-11transit users. • Example: Charter bus service. 7-13• Variation in vehicle occupancy by event type, • Data: Vehicle occupancy factor; Table 5-14.event day/time, and venue location.5-23• Change in peak arrival rate by event type and • Data: Traffic arrival rate characteristics; Tableday/time.5-15.5-24• Special consideration: Traffic operationsduring event patron departure.5-23• Use of origin location analysis.• Data: Estimate of non-home based trips for a• Larger market area for major concert anddowntown venue.5-26sporting events.• Special consideration: Recommended market• Attraction of non-home based trips for weekdayarea analysis methodology and considerations.5-26events. • Example: Appendix E – Regional directionaldistribution.5-256 5-27 • Very low turnover during event.7 5-298 5-30 • Analysis of peak arrival and departure periods.• Design of service to expand and contract (e.g.,9 6-32number of buses operating) based on event patronarrival/departure rates throughout the dayof-event.10 6-13• Significant media parking requirement formajor sporting events.11 6-3812 6-3813 6-4014 6-4115 6-4316 6-4517 6-4918 6-5119 6-57• Key consideration for downtown venues andvenues adjacent to residential and business areas.• Special consideration: Shuttle bus servicedesign.• Special consideration: Shuttle bus servicecost.6-336-36• Example: Plan showing target points; Figure6-396-30.• Example: Appendix I – Traffic flow maps. 6-47• Example: Plan showing multiple local traffic6-39flow routes; Figure 6-31.• Example: Appendix I – Traffic flow maps. 6-47• Example: Temporary elimination of freewayweaving area; Figure 6-39.• Example: Prohibition of late freeway diverge;Figure 6-40.• Example: Remote traffic surveillance andmanagement; Figure 6-41.• Example: Appendix K – Traffic control plansand maps.• Example: Contraflow operation during eventtraffic egress; Figure 6-44.• Example: Appendix K – Traffic control plansand maps.• Example: Elimination of competing intersectiontraffic flow; Figure 6-50.• Example: Achieving intersection turningmovement lane balance; Figure 6-51.• Example: Roadblock of ingress route to facilitateegress; Figure 6-52.• Example: Intersection advance signing; Figure6-53.6-536-536-536-596-546-596-576-576-586-5811EVENT PROFILE POST-EVENT ACTIVITIES DAY-OF-EVENT ACTIVITIES ADVANCE PLANNINGOVERVIEW11-5