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TABLE 5: CAPE COD LOCAL BUS SERVICE CONSUMPTIONAND SUPPLY, 2008The CCRTA fleet consists of95 buses and vans, with anaverage age of 4.6 years.Using this fleet, the CCRTArecorded 797,711 unlinkedtrips * in 2008. This is anincrease from the 778,430unlinked trips in 2007.These passengers werecarried 11,056,780 milesacross <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong> in 2008.The CCRTA fleet is run at91% capacity for fixed-routeservice, and roughly 95% forSource: 2008 National Transit Databasedemand response service,according to the National Transit Database.The CCRTA receives funding from multiple sources. Operations are funded by farerevenues, local funds, state funds, federal assistance, and contracts. These funds arethen spent on employee salaries and on purchased transportation (See Table on the nextpage). Ranging from a high of 42.9% in 1998 to a low of 3.5% in 2005, then rising andfalling to 9.5% in 2008, fare revenues have fluctuated as a percentage of total operatingfunds. To keep pace, state, federal, and local funding have increased as a percentage oftotal operating funds, partly due to subsidies for experimental ticketing services in theOuter <strong>Cape</strong>. Overall, this means that the CCRTA, as virtually all transit agencies are,continues to be dependent on external sources for its operations. The suddendisappearance of these funding sources may lead to a cutback in services.In 2006, the RTA released a new, simpler fare structure. A one-way trip cost $1, withdiscounts for senior citizens. Some transfers are free, while most cost $1. Monthly andSummer Day Passes are also available. Moreover, the fares are now uniform across theRTA system, making it easier for riders to understand and to use public transit. Thismay encourage more ridership and increase the amount collected in fares.* When passengers board a transit line without having made a transfer, this is referred to as anunlinked trip. It is a way to measure ridership without double counting.Chapter 2.3: Bus <strong>Transportation</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Cod</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> | August 2011Page 134

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