Complete Regional Transportation Plan 2012 - Cape Cod ...

Local bus transit services cover key populations and areas on Cape Cod. According to adetailed analysis performed for the 2007 RTP, of the 412 square miles in BarnstableCounty, 36.5% are within one-half mile of local bus transit services. As far as populationcoverage, 45.4% of Barnstable County residents are within one-half mile of local bustransit services. The areas and populations covered are mainly along the Route 28corridor and Route 6 in the Outer Cape. However, some population centers in Bourne,Falmouth, Dennis, and Sandwich are not being addressed (Figure 35). Routes along Route 6A and Route 28A could fill these gaps in service. Yet,even though almost half of Cape Cod’s population is located near transit services, the2000 census reports that only 1.22% of residents use transit to commute. Therefore,other factors must be reducing the desirability of transit.TABLE 16: LAND AND PERSONS NEAR TRANSIT ROUTES, BREAKOUT BY TOWN AND BY REGIONPopulation (2000 Census) Area (mi 2 )% Within % Within% WithinTotalTotal¼ Mile ½ Mile¼ Mile% Within½ MileBarnstable 47,821 40.4% 58.2% 62.63 21.5% 35.8%Bourne 18,721 10.1% 19.7% 41.29 4.4% 8.4%Brewster 10,094 68.0% 74.0% 25.43 51.6% 61.9%Chatham 6,625 46.0% 79.1% 17.05 24.9% 45.2%Dennis 15,973 17.4% 30.6% 21.05 11.4% 22.8%Eastham 5,453 93.9% 98.1% 14.35 71.2% 85.3%Falmouth 32,660 20.5% 39.6% 45.93 12.4% 23.6%Harwich 12,386 74.1% 86.4% 22.58 66.2% 80.4%Mashpee 12,946 8.3% 16.3% 25.79 7.3% 15.7%Orleans 6,341 50.0% 68.0% 14.47 36.9% 50.7%Provincetown 3,431 87.2% 98.5% 9.85 31.2% 54.8%Sandwich 20,136 0.0% 0.0% 44.01 0.0% 0.0%Truro 2,087 93.3% 96.4% 21.71 61.0% 76.7%Wellfleet 2,749 94.8% 97.7% 20.32 64.3% 74.5%Yarmouth 24,807 21.7% 33.0% 25.32 16.0% 24.6%Upper Cape 84,463 11.5% 22.2% 157.03 6.0% 11.7%Mid-Cape 88,601 31.0% 46.2% 109.27 18.2% 30.7%Lower Cape 35,446 62.8% 78.2% 79.53 47.3% 61.5%Outer Cape 13,720 92.3% 97.9% 66.24 59.8% 74.6%All Cape Cod 222,230 32.4% 45.4% 412.07 25.9% 36.5%Sources: U.S. Census and Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority, 2007 RTPCape Cod Regional Transportation Plan | August 2011Chapter 2.3: Bus TransportationPage 155