Sample Trips

Trip times for four sample trips were estimated for CMT and Capital Metros’s conventional bus service.
The Capital Metro trip times are mostly determined by their online trip planner.
Details of two estimates are shown below.



Map of Trips
Please take note of the fat arrows pointing to:
  Oak Hill,      Loyola & Wentworth,      Oltorf & Alvin Devane,
  Howard Lane & IH 35,   and   LakeLine Mall




Trip 1: Oltorf & Alvine Devane to LakeLine Mall
Image is from the Cap Metro Trip Planner.  It looks like it takes three transfers.
Trip time is 2 hours and 30 minutes. Add another 15 for walking and waiting before and after the bus.
Total estimated time is 2 hours 45 minutes or 165 minutes



Estimate of same trip by CMT: 79 minutes or one hour & 19 minutes.
One express travels at 50 mph for 15.5 miles on a HOT lane.




Trip 2: Loyola & Wentworth to LakeLine Mall
Two hours and 26 minutes on the bus. Add another 14 for walking and waiting.
Total is two hours & 40 minutes, or 160 minutes.




Estimate of same trip by CMT: 82 minutes or one hour and 22 minutes
Assumes the express bus can average 30 mph with signal priority, signal coordination and queue jumpers.




CMT will typically take two transfers for long trips while existing bus service takes two or three.
As shown by maps in the section on express routes, riders leaving the low income core will be able to take a single express trip to most other transit centers.
Transfers with CMT will be faster, more comfortable and secure.
The TC will have a roof and an enclosed space with air conditioning. 

Of the four trips it seems that Cap Metro’s average time is close to 2 hours & 40 minutes.
A rider would have to spend more than 5 hours per day getting to and from work.


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