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The following is a summary of the trends that are evident among the effectiveness measures shown inTable 4-16. Vehicle miles per capita increased by 13.1 percent from FY 2005 to FY 2009.Passenger trips per capita increased from 11.44 in FY 2005 to 14.01 in FY 2009, an overall increase of22.5 percent.Passenger trips per revenue mile increased from 1.22 in FY 2005 to 1.36 in FY 2009, an increase of11.5 percent.Passenger trips per revenue hour increased from 17.89 in FY 2005 to 19.58 in FY 2009, an increase of9.5 percent.The number of system failures decreased from 2,777 in FY 2005 to 1,922 in FY 2009, thereby resultingin an increase in revenue miles between failures of 63.2 percent during this time.Weekday span of service had a marginal increase of 1.0 percent, from 20.75 hours per day to 21 hoursper day.Efficiency MeasuresTable 4-17 presents three categories of efficiency measures that include cost efficiency, operating ratios,and average fare.Table 4-172005-2009 Efficiency Measures, PSTA Trend Analysis% Change2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Efficiency Measures2005-2009COST EFFICIENCYOperating Expense Per Passenger Trip $3.82 $3.69 $4.29 $4.02 $4.32 13.02%Operating Expense Per Passenger Mile $0.80 $0.75 $0.87 $0.83 $0.83 4.04%Operating Expense Per Revenue Mile $4.64 $4.76 $5.40 $5.42 $5.88 26.75%Maintenance Expense Per Revenue Mile $0.90 $0.82 $1.01 $0.86 $0.90 0.00%OPERATING RATIOSFarebox Recovery 21.51 20.20 22.36 22.44 22.45 4.37%FAREAverage Fare $0.82 $0.75 $0.96 $0.90 $1.04 26.83%The following is a summary of the trends that are evident among the efficiency measures presented inTable 4-17.Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc.Pinellas Suncoast Transit AuthoritySeptember 2010 4-27 Transit Development Plan