Estimate of Home to Work Trip Distance for Bus Riders
annual bus miles    13463700 page 50 of Capital Metro 2007 Budget
not including UT shuttle or STS    
     
     
load factor   8.8 from ORNL energy page
      this is a national average. CM's load factor could be less
     
annual passenger miles   118480560 equals annual miles x load factor
     
     
     
annual boardings , 2007   29300000 page 51 of Capital Metro 2007 Budget
passenger miles per boarding   4.04 equals annual pass miles / annual boardings
     
boardings per person -day   2.8 estimated below
     
     
passenger miles per rider per day   11.32 equals pass-miles per boarding X boardings per person-day
     
One way trip distance to work    5.66 equals passenger miles per rider per day / 2
     
Calculation of Boardings per Rider per day
annual boardings , 1997   19000000 from state audit 
work days per year   250
boardings per work day   76000 equals 1997 annual boardings / work days
Core riders   27000 mentioned in audit
     
boardings per person -day   2.81 boardings per work day / core riders
Excerpt from LA Times Article : Get Me to The Job OnTime 
"You can get from downtown or South-Central to the west San Fernando Valley, but with the transfers and the time it takes, it becomes prohibitive for certain workers to get jobs in those areas," UCLA's Stoll said.

In fact, the county's employed CalWORKS participants travel an average of only seven miles to work, according to the welfare-to-work transportation needs assessment by the Urban Research Division.

The average one-way commute for all American workers is nearly double that. "Improved transportation would result in a wider job search and pool of better-paid jobs," said Manuel Moreno, director of the assessment project.
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