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northeast_queens_bus_study_-_final_9-28-15
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, Metropolitan Transportation Authority<br />
Classifying Northeast <strong>Queens</strong> Bus Transfers<br />
After evaluating all transfer counts the nature of trips made within Northeast <strong>Queens</strong> can be inferred. Bus<br />
riders were broken down as transfers to Subway, transfers to other Northeast <strong>Queens</strong> buses, transfers to<br />
other buses, or single‐leg journey. Customers are generally split as: 30% single‐leg journey, 30% bus‐tobus<br />
transfer, 40% bus‐to‐subway transfer.<br />
Table 22. Northeast <strong>Queens</strong> Mode Transfers<br />
Bus Customer Type<br />
Total Weekday<br />
Ridership<br />
Percentage Of<br />
Customers<br />
Total Local or Limited Bus‐to‐Bus Transfers 85,629 28.9%<br />
Transfers to Northeast <strong>Queens</strong> Routes 44,780 15.1%<br />
Transfers to other Local or Limited Bus Routes 40,575 13.7%<br />
Transfer to Express Bus 274 0.1%<br />
Total Bus‐Subway & Subway‐Bus Transfers ‐ Inferred 116,632 39.3%<br />
Total Single Bus Trip Journeys ‐ Inferred 94,532 31.8%<br />
Northeast <strong>Queens</strong> Unique Trips ‐ Inferred 297,000 100%<br />
Figure 22. Northeast <strong>Queens</strong> Mode Transfers<br />
Among Northeast <strong>Queens</strong> bus routes, there are routes that clearly serve as subway feeders, where more<br />
than half of customers on these routes were connecting to subways. Routes with the highest percentage<br />
of subway transfers are the Q26 (79%), Q64 (73%), Q16 (59%), and Q46 (51%). The route with the highest<br />
number of bus transfers is the Q76, with 60% of customers transferring to other buses. Other bus routes<br />
with more than half of weekday customers transferring to and from other buses are the Q88 (58%), Q31<br />
(54%), Q27 (51%), and Q50 (50%). The routes with the largest percentage of bus customers remaining on<br />
a single bus are the Q66 (45%), Q25/Q34 (42%), and the Q48 (40%).<br />
Table 23. Northeast <strong>Queens</strong> Transfers by Bus Route<br />
Route<br />
Bus‐To‐<br />
Subway<br />
Transfers<br />
% Subway<br />
Transfer<br />
Bus‐To‐Bus<br />
Transfers<br />
% Bus<br />
Transfer Single Bus<br />
% Single<br />
Bus<br />
Average<br />
Weekday<br />
Ridership<br />
Q1 2,128 42% 1837 36% 1,100 22% 5,065<br />
Q12 4,466 40% 2784 25% 3,802 34% 11,052<br />
Q13 2,930 34% 2802 32% 2,920 34% 8,652<br />
Q15 2,736 46% 1371 23% 1,829 31% 5,936<br />
Q16 2,442 59% 934 23% 768 19% 4,144<br />
Q17 5,316 28% 8160 43% 5,374 29% 18,850<br />
Q19 902 25% 1459 41% 1,226 34% 3,587<br />
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