APC University: San Diego’s Use of APCs on Three Six Modes from Three APC Vendors Brian Lane Senior Transit Planner San Diego Association of Governments
San Diego Public Transit Routes ~350,000 Weekday Boardings ~98 million Annual Boardings – Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) Trolley – Light Rail Bus (Contract and Directly Operated) Rapid & Rapid Express (Contract and Directly Operated) – North County Transit District SPRINTER – Light Rail COASTER – Commuter Train BREEZE – Local Bus
Passenger Counting Program (PCP) 3 National Transit Database (NTD) – Alternative Sampling Plan Before APCs: 100% of Weekdays, Weekend Sample After APC’s: Mix of Alternative with full APC Monthly Estimates for Rail – Barrier Free Systems Reports for Planners and Modelers
APC Installations 4 Year InstalledOperatorAPC Company # APC Equipped# Vehicles Percent Equipped 2007 MTS Directly Operated Bus ACS/Orbital % 2010 NCTD SPRINTER INIT12 100% 2011 NCTD BREEZE DILAX % 2012 MTS Trolley INIT % 2013 MTS Contracted Bus ACS/Orbital and INIT % 2014 NCTD COASTER DILAX28 100% Total %
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