Local and Express Route Profiles
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Reimagine SamTrans Existing Conditions Analysis of SamTrans Local and Express Routes This report describes SamTrans’ fixed local and express routes, including route characteristics, service span, frequency, destinations served, ridership, and schedule adherence/on-time performance. Ridership maps accompany each route profile. These maps depict boardings and alightings at each stop for each direction based on Automatic Passenger Count (APC) data provided by SamTrans for April 2019. The Reimagine SamTrans project team evaluated each route in the system in order to make proposals for the new network alternatives that would improve the function and efficiency of each existing bus route. REIMAGINE SAMTRANS Existing Conditions Analysis ROUTE 17 Route Characteristics Route 17 runs between Pacifica and Half Moon Bay, travelling through Montara, Moss Beach, and El Weekday Granada. The route serves the Linda Mar Park & Ride, Start Time 5:30 a.m. where riders can transfer to additional SamTrans routes. Key destinations along the route include Linda End Time 8:20 p.m. Mar Shopping Center, Half Moon Bay Airport, and Boardings 503 Nurseryman’s Exchange North and South. Service Hours 29.1 During weekdays there is one round trip in the morning Boardings per Service Hour 17.3 and one round trip in the evening that continues through Half Moon Bay to Pescadero. This extension Peak Headway 30 provides service to the rural areas south of Half Moon Off-Peak Headway 60 Bay. There is also limited service from Miramontes/Moonridge to Canada Cove which operates On Time 94% Schedule throughout the week. Early 1% Adherence Weekday service operates between 5:30 a.m. and 8:20 Late 5% p.m., with 60-minute headways. On weekends, the Saturday route operates between 5:15 a.m. and 8:40 p.m. every 120-minutes. Start Time 5:15 a.m. End Time 8:40 p.m. Ridership and Productivity Daily Boardings 187 This route has over 500 average daily boardings. Stops Headway 120 with the most weekday boardings include Miramontes Sunday Point Rd-Moonridge Apts, Kelly Ave/Church St, Main St/Lewis Foster Dr, and Linda Mar Park and Ride. Start Time 5:15 a.m. Route 17 has below average productivity with just over End Time 8:40 p.m. 17 boardings per service hour. The most productive Daily Boardings 166 route segment is between Miramontes Point Rd and Headway 120 Strawflower Shopping Center. The least productive segment is between Seton Coastside Medical Center and Main St/7th St. The route is most productive in the PM period and least productive in the Early AM Schedule Adherence Route 17 arrives on-time 94% of the time across all timepoints. Late arrivals are more common mid-route, but almost all trips arrive on-time at each route terminal. The excellent on-time performance is likely due to relatively uncongested roadways throughout the day. Summary Route 17 is a Coastside coverage route. Its hourly weekday frequency is designed to provide this low-density, rural area with basic connections to employment, health, educational, and other important opportunities and services. On weekends, frequency is only every 120 minutes, which severely limits its attractiveness to potential riders. Route 17 operates multiple different variants between Pacifica and Half Moon Bay. Depending on the time of day, Seton Coastside Medical Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | 5-2 REIMAGINE SAMTRANS Existing Conditions Analysis Center, the Moonridge Apartments, and Half Moon Bay High School are all served. The different variants are confusing for potential riders. The route has excellent on-time performance, with 98% of the trips arriving on time. Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | 5-3 REIMAGINE SAMTRANS Existing Conditions Analysis Figure 5-1 Route 17 Average Weekday Ridership Map – Northbound Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | 5-4 REIMAGINE SAMTRANS Existing Conditions Analysis Figure 5-2 Route 17 Average Weekday Ridership Map – Southbound Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | 5-5 REIMAGINE SAMTRANS Existing Conditions Analysis ROUTE 38 Route Characteristics Route 38 provides service from the Safe Harbor SamTrans bus depot to multiple transit hubs. The route Weekday operates trips to Daly City BART, Millbrae BART, Start Time 5:41 a.m. Airport/Linden, and Colma BART in both directions. End Time 11:52 p.m. On weekdays and Saturdays, the route operates 6 morning trips from Safe Harbor and 6 afternoon trips to Boardings 17 Safe Harbor. On Sundays, the route operates 5 trips in Service Hours 2.4 both directions. Boardings per Service Hour 7.3 SamTrans North Base is immediately adjacent to Safe 6 a.m. / 6 Peak Headway Harbor. In essence, Route 38 is an in-service deadhead p.m. trips trip that is designed to give Safe Harbor patrons a way to access the regional transit network. Off-Peak Headway N/A On Time 100% Schedule Ridership and Productivity Early 0% Adherence This is a low ridership route with approximately 20 Late 0% average daily boardings. Productivity is low as well, at Saturday just over 7 boardings per service hour. All trips carry less than 5 passengers with most trips carrying less than Start Time 6:48 a.m. 2. End Time 12:21 a.m. Schedule Adherence Daily Boardings 5 6 a.m. / 6 Headway Route 38 has the best on-time performance with 100% p.m. trips of buses in both the directions arriving to at all Sunday timepoints on-time. Start Time 6:08 a.m. Summary End Time 12:12 a.m. Route 38 was designed to provide better access to Safe Daily Boardings 7 Harbor by turning deadhead trips into revenue trips. 6 a.m. / 6 Headway Ridership is marginal, but the cost to provide the trips p.m. trips is marginal as well. The one consideration when turning deadhead trips into revenue trips is that it becomes harder to change the times of deadhead trips without having to go through a public process. Turning deadhead trips into revenue trips that improve access for a high need population is an innovative approach, as long as it does not add significant costs. Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | 5-6 REIMAGINE SAMTRANS Existing Conditions Analysis Figure 5-3 Route 38 Average Weekday Ridership Map – Inbound Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | 5-7 REIMAGINE SAMTRANS Existing Conditions Analysis Figure 5-4 Route 38 Average Weekday Ridership Map – Outbound Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | 5-8 REIMAGINE SAMTRANS Existing Conditions Analysis ROUTE 110 Route Characteristics Route 110 is a Coastside route that connects Daly City BART with Linda Mar Park and Ride in Pacifica. Major Weekday destinations along the route include Westlake Shopping Start Time 5:40 a.m. Center, Pacific Manor Shopping Center, Oceana High School, Eureka Square Shopping Center, and Linda Mar End Time 10:20 p.m. Shopping Center. Terra Nova High School has limited Boardings 972 service in both directions. The route’s alignment Service Hours 32.4 between Pacific Manor Shopping Center and Linda Mar Park & Ride is parallel with Routes 112 and 118. Boardings per Service Hour 30 This route operates on weekdays between 5:45 a.m. and Peak Headway 30 11:00 p.m. on weekdays with 30-minute service during Off-Peak Headway 60 peak hours and 60-minute service during off-peak hours. Weekend service runs between 5:45 a.m. and On Time 83% Schedule 9:15 p.m. with 60-minute headways. Early 15% Adherence Late 2% Ridership and Productivity Saturday This route has above average ridership with nearly Start Time 5:45 a.m. 1,000 average daily boardings. Stops with the highest weekday ridership include Daly City BART, Ocean Blvd End Time 8:35 p.m. & Paloma Ave, and Linda Mar Park & Ride, with Daly Daily Boardings 409 City BART and the Linda Mar Park & Ride being high Headway 60 ridership route termini. Sunday Ridership is strongly directional, with morning northbound and afternoon southbound trips being most Start Time 5:45 a.m. utilized. End Time 7:45 p.m. Route 110 has above average productivity with 20 Daily Boardings 235 boardings per hour. The most productive segments Headway 60 benefit from the high end-of-the -line boardings at either route end. The lowest productivity segment is between West Manor Dr/Palmetto Ave and Belcrest Ave/Longview Dr. Schedule Adherence Route 110 arrives to timepoints on-time 83% of the time and early 15% of the time. Many early arrivals occur on the northbound trips at the Manor Drive & Palmetto Avenue timepoint. Almost all trips arrive within five minutes of the scheduled time at each respective route terminal. Summary Route 110 is an above average ridership route which runs from Daly City BART station to Linda Mar Park & Ride in Pacifica. Late running is typically not an issue for Route 110. Three different SamTrans routes connect Linda Mar to BART service, including Routes 112 and 118. Route 118 is an express service, whereas Routes 112, which serves the Colma BART station, and Route 110 have longer areas of overlapping service. Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | 5-9 REIMAGINE SAMTRANS Existing Conditions Analysis Figure 5-5 Route 110 Average Weekday Ridership Map – Northbound Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | 5-10 REIMAGINE SAMTRANS Existing Conditions Analysis Figure 5-6 Route 110 Average Weekday Ridership Map – Southbound Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. | 5-11 REIMAGINE SAMTRANS Existing Conditions Analysis ROUTE 112 Route Characteristics Route 112 connects Colma BART Station to Linda Mar Park and Ride in Pacifica. Key destinations on the route Weekday include Colma BART station, Serramonte Center, Start Time 5:50 a.m. Fairmont Shopping Center, Pacifica City Hall and Linda Mar Park & Ride. The route features one school day End Time 7:30 p.m.