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Transit Ridership Trends and Markets WMATA_Cover:Layout 1 3/11/2009 6:22 PM Page 1 Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 1 Historical Ridership Growth........................................................................................ 1 Existing Transit Travel Patterns .................................................................................. 2 Transit Market Segments.............................................................................................. 2 Historical Ridership ............................................................................................................. 3 Historical Metrorail Ridership Trends ....................................................................... 3 System Ridership................................................................................................... 3 Ridership Spatial Distribution............................................................................. 5 Ridership by Parking Availability...................................................................... 8 Historical Ridership Growth ............................................................................... 9 Recent Ridership Growth..................................................................................... 12 Historical Metrobus Ridership Trends....................................................................... 15 Metrobus Ridership Adjustment ........................................................................ 15 Metrobus Ridership By State............................................................................... 17 Ridership By Type of Service .............................................................................. 19 Ridership By Corridor .......................................................................................... 21 Existing Transit Travel Patterns ......................................................................................... 27 Metrorail Trip Patterns ................................................................................................. 27 Purpose of Travel .................................................................................................. 27 Travel by Residency.............................................................................................. 27 Travel During Morning Peak Period.................................................................. 28 Metrobus Trip Patterns................................................................................................. 32 Purpose of Travel .................................................................................................. 32 Travel by Residency.............................................................................................. 32 Origins and Destinations ..................................................................................... 33 Transit Market Segments .................................................................................................... 35 Regional Transit Mode Share....................................................................................... 35 Metrorail Catchment Area ........................................................................................... 40 Midday Travel Market.................................................................................................. 45 Tourist Travel Market................................................................................................... 47 Evening Travel Market ................................................................................................. 49 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority i List of Tables 1 Percentage of Metrorail Ridership by State............................................................... 5 2. Overall Growth by Metrorail Station Since Opening .............................................. 10 3. Annual Growth by Metrorail Station, 2002-2007...................................................... 14 4. Metrorail Trip Purpose................................................................................................. 27 5. Metrorail Trip Distribution by Residency................................................................. 28 6. Metrobus Trips by Trip Purpose................................................................................. 32 7. Distribution of Metrobus Trip Ends........................................................................... 33 8. Rail and Bus Mode Share in the Morning Peak Period........................................... 35 9. Rail Mode Share, Population, and Employment within One-Half-Mile Radius of Metrorail Stations ..................................................................................................... 42 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ii List of Exhibits 1. Average Weekday Metrorail Boardings By State..................................................... 4 2. Stations within the System Core................................................................................. 6 3. Average Weekday Metrorail Boardings by Area ..................................................... 7 4. Average Weekday Metrorail Boardings by Parking Availability at Stations....... 8 5. Growth in Metrorail Daily Boardings By Station (Since Opening)........................ 11 6. Recent Growth in Metrorail Boardings By Station Groups (2002-2007) ............... 13 7. Metrobus Annual Ridership and Passenger Revenue............................................. 15 8. Metrobus Monthly Ridership in D.C. ........................................................................ 18 9. Metrobus Monthly Ridership in Maryland............................................................... 18 10. Metrobus Monthly Ridership in Virginia.................................................................. 19 11. Average Weekday Metrobus Ridership .................................................................... 20 12. Average Saturday Metrobus Ridership..................................................................... 20 13. Average Sunday Metrobus Ridership........................................................................ 21 14. 16 Line on Columbia Pike in Virginia........................................................................ 22 15. REX on Richmond Highway in Virginia ................................................................... 22 16. 28 Line on Leesburg Pike in Virginia......................................................................... 23 17. 30 Line on Wisconsin/Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C....................... 23 18. S Line on 16th Street/H Street in Washington, D.C................................................. 24 19. X2 on Benning Road/H Street in Washington, D.C................................................. 24 20. Q2 on Veirs Mill Road in Maryland........................................................................... 25 21. J Line on University Boulevard/East-West Highway in Maryland...................... 25 22. K6 on New Hampshire Avenue in Maryland........................................................... 26 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority iii List of Exhibits (continued) 23. F Line between New Carrollton and Silver Spring in Maryland .......................... 26 24. Entries and Exits in May 2007 Morning Peak (Open to 9:30 a.m.)......................... 30 25. Ridership by Segment in May 2007 Morning Peak (Open to 9:30 a.m.)................ 31 26. Share of Origin Jurisdictions (Metrobus)................................................................... 34 27. Share of Destination Jurisdictions (Metrobus).......................................................... 34 28. Transit Mode Share by Residence TAZs in Morning Peak (Open to 9:30 a.m.)... 36 29. Transit Mode Share by Employment TAZs in Morning Peak (Open to 9:30 a.m.)........................................................................................................ 37 30. Transit Work Trips to D.C. Core Morning Peak (Open to 9:30 a.m.) .................... 38 31. Transit Work Trips to D.C. Core Daily ...................................................................... 39 32. Rail Mode Share within One-Half-Mile Radius of Metrorail Stations .................. 41 33. Trips to D.C. Core by Origin Station in 2007 Midday (9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)..... 46 34. Trips to Smithsonian Station by Origin Station in 2007 Midday (9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.).................................................................................................. 48 35. Trips to D.C. Core by Origin Station in 2007 Evening (7:00 p.m. to Midnight) ... 50 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority iv Transit Ridership Trends and Markets Introduction This report presents a summary of ridership trends and markets for rail and bus services of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). WMATA was established in 1967 as an interstate compact agency, with Metrobus service starting in 1973 and Metrorail operations starting in 1976. Over the past 30 years, Metrobus and Metrorail, along with local bus and commuter rail services, have met the diverse mobility needs of a growing population and supported economic development of the metropolitan region. In FY 2008, WMATA carried 348 million passenger trips, 215 million trips on Metrorail and 133 million trips on Metrobus. The report is organized into three sections, as follows: “Historical Ridership ”, “Existing
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