Districtwide Passenger Origin & Destination (O & D) Surveys 2015 Planning & Development Committee November 01, 2016

Passenger O&D Surveys 2015 FTA Before and After Studies West After Eagle Before Two separate surveys On - Off Survey Boarding and Alighting Pairs On - board Survey Trip and Demographic Questionnaire Spring and Fall of 2015 Weekday No MallRide and MetroRide On to off provides a geographical distribution of our passenger trips and allow for the expansion of the longer survey responses (match passenger attributes to more of the geographical distributions). Mention that we did surveys on weekdays only and didn’t survey the MallRide or MetroRide.

On – Off Survey Collected using GPS based scanners Random selection 20% of boardings By route, direction, time of day English, Spanish 50,000 pairs scheduled but 62,000 collected

On – Board Survey Collected using tablets and telephone interviews Random selection 10% of boardings By route, direction, time of day English and Spanish 30,000 surveys scheduled but 34,800 collected Bus – 23,045 Rail – 11,802

On – Board Survey cont. Home address/nearest intersection Trip details origin, boarding, alighting, destination, mode of access/egress, transfers, fare media etc. Personal and household demographics household income, number of cars, driver’s license, ethnicity, employment status etc.

Mode of Access (Rail & Bus) Significant Walk Access 55% of rail boardings 85% of bus boardings Rail has higher drive access than bus Very low usage from transportation network companies (e.g., Zipcar, Uber, Lyft etc.) 0.5% of rail boardings 0.2% of bus boardings

Fare Media (Rail & Bus) Cash College Pass EcoPass 24% of rail boardings 33% of bus boardings College Pass Significant differences between bus and rail 29% of rail boardings 12% of bus boardings EcoPass No significant differences 15% for both bus and rail boardings

Household Income (Rail & Bus) Average household income for bus passengers is lower than rail passengers 60% of rail boardings and 70% of bus boardings with less than $50,000 household income

Trip Purpose (Rail & Bus) Commute to work is the highest 50% of rail boardings 50% of bus boardings High university trips by rail 26% of rail boardings 11% of bus boardings Buses serve other trip purposes more than rail e.g., shopping HBW = home-based work HBO = home-based other HBU = home-based university NHB = non-home-based HBS = home-based shop

Transfers (Rail & Bus) Over 50% trips with no transfers Similar patterns for bus and rail boardings Average system wide boardings per trip is 1.3 (excludes MallRide and MetroRide)

Age (Rail & Bus) Significant percentage of millennials (Age 20 – 34) 47% of rail boardings 41% of bus boardings Less than 5% of both rail and bus boardings in 65+ age group

Ethnicity (Rail & Bus) Caucasian/White African American Hispanic 58% of rail boardings 50% of bus boardings African American 13% of rail boardings 19% of bus boardings Hispanic 17% of bus boardings More than 1 race 10% of rail boardings 8% of bus boardings

Household Cars (Rail & Bus) Significant number of households without cars 19% of rail boardings 31% of bus boardings Higher auto ownership for rail passengers

Employment Status (Rail & Bus) High percentage of full-time employees 62% of rail boardings 59% of bus boardings Very low percentage of boardings from retired passengers 2% of rail boardings 3% of bus boardings

Mode of Access/Egress Walk access/egress includes: Walked Bike Skateboard Wheelchair etc. Drive access/egress includes: Was dropped off by someone Drove alone and parked Drove or rode with others and parked Car share (i.e. Car2Go, Zipcar, etc.) Taxi, Uber, Lyft, etc. Call-n-ride

Fare Media (By Mode of Access) Walk access boardings 34% cash 12% EcoPass 26% Monthly Pass 15% CollegePass Drive access boardings 15% cash 31% EcoPass 20% Monthly Pass 24% CollegePass

Household Income (By Mode of Access) Walk access boardings 75% with less than $50,000 household income Drive access boardings 42% with less than $50,000 household income

Transfers (By Mode of Access) Walk access boardings 51% with no transfers Drive access boardings 69% with no transfers

Age (By Mode of Access) Walk access boardings Drive access boardings 44% millennials (Age 20 – 34) 10% baby boomers (Age 51 – 64) Drive access boardings 39% millennials (Age 20 – 34) 17% baby boomers (Age 51 – 64)

Ethnicity (By Mode of Access) Walk access boardings 49% Caucasian/white 20% African American 18% Hispanic 9% more than 1 race Drive access boardings 67% Caucasian/white 9% African American 11% Hispanic 8% more than 1 race

Employment Status (By Mode of Access) Walk access boardings 57% employed full-time Drive access boardings 70% employed full-time

Transit Trip Patterns Used On-board Survey Expanded to boardings and trips Inter-District Transit Trips 8% East – CBD 8% Central – CBD 5% West – CBD Intra-District Transit Trips 13% within East 10% NW Boulder 5% West On to off provides a geographical distribution of our passenger trips and allow for the expansion of the longer survey responses (match passenger attributes to more of the geographical distributions). Mention that we did surveys on weekdays only and didn’t survey the MallRide or MetroRide.

Questions ? Lee Cryer Planning Project Manager 303-299-2410 Lee.Cryer@rtd-denver.com Ravi Palakurthy Transportation Planner 303-299-2586 Ravikumar.Palakurthy@rtd-denver.com