PEAK-PERIOD VEHICLE OCCUPANCY STATISTICS

FOR U.S. AND CANADIAN RAPID BUS AND RAPID RAIL SERVICES

Passengers Per Vehicle and Passengers Per Meter of Vehicle Length

publictransit.us Monograph 02-01 • Final Report

Compiled by Leroy W. Demery, Jr. • Updated April 18, 2005

Copyright 2002–2005, Leroy W. Demery, Jr

Revised: October 25, 2002

Rochester Subway data added: April 18, 2005

HOV and Busway Services

Note : It is very important to distinguish between 1.) counts of actual passenger volumes, and 2.) flow rates, which are determined by counting passenger volumes during some other interval (generally the busiest five, fifteen or twenty minutes), then scaling up to an hourly rate. Such flow rates will substantially exceed the maximum volume that may actually be observed during the busiest 60-minute interval. Statistics in this section which appear to be derived from flow rates, rather than actual observations or counts during a 60-minute interval, are marked “ Q .”

FACILITY

DATE

MAXIMUM PEAK VOLUME (1-hr)

VEHICLE OCCUPANCY

Pass/Veh

Pass/Meter of Vehicle Length

Atlanta

Peachtree St (reserved bus lane)

1964 (ca.)

3,015

45

3.7
 

1995 (post-)

2,800

42

3.5

Baltimore

Baltimore St (mixed traffic, no parking)

1964 (ca.)

4,387

58

4.8

shapeimage_3.pngBoston

Southeast Expressway

1971

2,454

38

3.1
 

1977

2,124

39

3.2

Chicago

N. Michigan Av (mixed traf, no parking)

1964 (ca.)

4,240

24

2.0
 

1972-76

* (11,400)

50

(4.1)
 

1995 (post-)

3,600

32

2.7
         

State St (transit mall)

1972-76

** (9,000)

50

(4.1)
         

Washington Blvd (reserved bus lane)

1964 (ca.)

3,235

49

4.0
         

N. Lakeshore Dr (expressway)

1964 (ca.)

5,595

57

4.7
 

1995 (post-)

4,000

50

4.1

* 5-minute flow scaled up to hourly rate.                                                ** 15-minute flow scaled up to hourly rate.

Cleveland

Euclid Av (mixed traffic, no parking)

1964 (ca.)

4,316

48

3.9

Dallas

Commerce St (mixed traffic, no parking)

1964 (ca.)

3,196

47

3.9

Denver

Broadway (reserved bus lane)

1995 (post-)

2,325

26

2.2

Houston

I-10 (Katy) Transitway

1985

1,160

33

2.7
 

1990

1,820

40

3.2
         

I-45N (North) Transitway

1985

2,620

37

3.0
 

1990

2,810

37

3.0
 

1995 (post-)

2,800

37

3.0
         

I-45S (Gulf) Transitway

1995 (post-)

840

32

2.7
         

US 290 (Northwest) Transitway

1995 (post-)

600

35

2.9

Los Angeles

San Bernardino Freeway

1964

701

41

3.4

El Monte Transitway

1973

1,017

23

1.9
 

1977

2,708

33

2.7
 

1985

3,190

46

3.8
 

1990

2,750

39

3.2

Cal State L.A, a.m.

1993.2

2,600

35

2.9
 

1995 (post-)

2,750

39

3.2
         

Golden State Freeway

1964

787

46

3.8
         

Harbor Freeway

1964

1,102

50

4.1
 

1972-76

1,050

46

3.8

Harbor Transitway, Slauson, p.m.

2000.2

300

22

1.1
         

Hollywood Freeway

1964

1,671

51

4.2
 

1972-76

1,775

49

4.0
         

Santa Ana Freeway

1964

616

39

3.2
         

Santa Monica Freeway

1964

537

49

4.0

Miami

Interstate-95

1976

314

31

2.5
 

1977

352

35

2.9
         

South Dade Busway, Dadeland So, a.m.

2000.8

(est) 600

35

(bus) 2.9
     

23

(van) 3.8
       

(wtd avg) 3.1

Minneapolis

Interstate-394

1990

455

35

2.9

New York

Ramp to Port Authority Bus Terminal

1962 (ca.)

23,187

45

3.7

Lincoln Tunnel (I-495) "XBL" bus lane

1971

26,902

44

3.6
 

1972-76

32,560

44

3.6
 

1990

34,685

48

3.9
 

1991

31,925

41

3.4
 

1995 (post-)

32,600

44

3.6

a.m.

1998.10.21

32,531

32

2.6
         

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel contra-flow lane

1995 (post-)

7,500

50

4.2

a.m.

1998.10.21

5,888

31

2.6