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JARRETT WALKER + ASSOCIATES <br />1 <br />I <br />NT <br />R <br />O <br />D <br />u CT <br />I <br />ON <br /> AN <br />D <br /> S <br />u <br />MM <br />A <br />R <br />y <br />| 7Existing Conditions and Choices ReportLane Transit District <br />291 000 <br />242 000 <br />37 400 <br />1 100 <br />1 900 160 <br />0 <br />50 000 <br />100  000 <br />150  000 <br />200  000 <br />250  000 <br />LTD District <br />Population <br />Metro Area <br />Population <br />Daily Boardings <br />Urban Routes <br />Daily Boardings <br />Rural Routes <br />Daily Rides <br />RideSource <br />Daily Rides <br />Vanpool <br />Where does transit fit in our region’s transportation system? <br />Transit Tomorrow and our mobility <br />In the right conditions, transit can do two things: <br />• Extend how far people can go on foot, or on a bicycle, providing <br />some of the benefits of access to a private vehicle. <br />• Replace driving trips in times and places where driving a car is incon- <br />venient or too expensive. <br />But transit can’t meet every transportation need at all times. Walking and <br />biking will be more useful for many shorter trips. Longer, very urgent, or <br />more isolated trips may always require a car. <br />Transit Tomorrow will focus on how to improve mobility in our <br />region, focusing on transit specifically. But the goal isn’t to create <br />a bus system that competes with every other mode at all times. <br />Rather, we are seeking to understand the best way to use buses to <br />get the outcomes most valued by the community. <br />Why focus on transit? <br />Transit can’t serve every trip, but it has many personal and community <br />benefits, such as: <br />• Transit is very inexpensive. LTD’s day pass costs $3.50. According <br />to AAA, it costs about $15 per day to own a car. Transit can help <br />improve individuals’ economic freedom by reducing the amount of <br />money they spend on transportation. <br />• Transit can move many people. The average LTD bus carries 45 <br />passengers per hour, and operates 12 to 16 hours per day. Most cars <br />carry one or two people, and sit parked most hours of the day. <br />• Transit requires very little space. A typical sedan requires 70 <br />square feet of road space for a single person. A typical bus carries <br />ten to 60 people on 400 square feet of road space. That’s up to ten <br />times less road space per person! <br />• Transit requires less fuel, and produces fewer emissions than <br />driving alone. A diesel bus gets 4 to 8 miles per gallon. That means <br />it only takes 5 passengers on board to make a bus more fuel effi- <br />cient than most cars. <br />• Transit is available to everyone. Not everyone can drive or cycle <br />for their travel needs, and not everyone wants to. Transit allows all <br />individuals the freedom not to rely on a personal vehicle, and not to <br />depend on friends and family for transportation. <br />Figure 4: Different transportation modes are useful for different types of trips. When conditions are <br />right, transit can extend the reach of biking or walking trips, or replace driving. <br />Figure 5: A sense of scale. Nearly 300,000 people live in LTD’s service district; transit receives about <br />40,000 boardings per weekday. The vast majority of boardings are on buses in the metro area.October 15, 2018, Work Session – Item 2