Mbta blue book ridership

Routes, schedules, trip planner, fares, service alerts, realtime updates, and general information. Green line surface stations see green line surface ridership file. Bostons rapid transit blue line covers a distance of 5. Some areas of the system are busier than others, but some in places one may not think they are very busy. Mbta highlights fourth quarter ridership increased by 4.

Audit figures and the headcount measures are reported in the mbtas ridership and service statistics report the socalled blue book. The ride is operated by the mbta in compliance with the americans with disabilities act ada. Red, orange, and blue line weekday ridership climbed by 5. Perhaps its because of its proximity to the next station, state. Ridership on the red, orange, and blue lines grew 6. Mbta ridership in 2014 hit a record high the boston globe. Official website of the mbta schedules, maps, and fare information for greater bostons public transportation system, including subway, commuter rail, bus routes. The massachusetts bay transportation authority mbta operates heavy rail, light rail, and bus transit services in the boston metropolitan area collectively referred to as the rapid transit, subway, or t system the colored rail trunk lines consist of 3 heavy rail lines red, orange, and blue, one branched light rail system, and a short light rail line the ashmontmattapan high. Mbta ridership down, pension liability up at budget.

Dec 01, 2016 the mbta tells you every little thing about their system. Green line subway station entries and surface ridership. The mbta until last winter, anyway was a transit system experiencing rapid ridership growth in a rapidly growing city. Ridership on the mbtas subways, commuter trains, buses and boats went up this summer, even after a fare hike, according to data released on friday by the t. Aug 30, 2014 community corner mbta ridership up, even after fare hike the mbta has released its latest ridership data, which shows an increase in riders in the month following a 5 percent fare increase. Full text of mbta ridership and service statistics see other formats. Opened, 1904 streetcar 1924 rapid transit 19521954 revere extension. Presentation delivered to fiscal and management control board. Systemwide average weekday ridership for september totaled 1. Average weekend ridership is the twoday sum of average saturday plus average sunday ridership. Average weekday ridership systemwide for may 2010 increased by 3% over may of last year, totaling 1. Around it is a brick patio with a wastebasket and a. This report therefore examines whether the aging and increasingly crowded hub of the mbta. Ch 01 p01 introduction the 2009 edition of mbta ridership and service statistics the blue book is the twelfth edition of this compendium.

Fixing the t is critical, but if greater boston is to meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities of the 21st century, just fixing the t is not going to be enough. Public transportation and climate change adaptation. In 1972, the numbers were much lower, and the ratios. Oct 23, 2019 additionally, this book serves as a management and analytical tool for mbta staff.

Jun 28, 2012 mbta reports another month of increased ridership. Stm ridership canadian public transit discussion board. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Ridership does not include passengers who exit the subway or passengers who transfer from other subway lines, with the exception of outofsystem transfers. Itdp, an international group that synthesizes and studies brt standards and best practices, essentially concluded that the silver line namely, along washington has some brt elements but isnt bona fide brt. The mbta receives frequent inquiries from customers, students, peer transit providers, transportation consultants, government agencies, community organizations, transportation.

The outside of the terminal is pretty basic its just a white building, with some paint chipping on the roof. The blue line is a rapid transit line in the greater boston metropolitan area, one of four rapid. Subway ridership consists of all passengers other than nyc transit employees who enter the subway system, including passengers who transfer from buses. The ride is the mbtas doortodoor, sharedride paratransit service.

Mbta reports a 5 percent surge in ridership the boston globe. The blue line is a rapid transit line in the greater boston metropolitan area, one of four rapid transit lines operated by the massachusetts bay transportation authority mbta. Changes in blue line ridership since deir the blue line ridership data analyzed as part of the 2010 deir was based on the most recently available information in the 2007 mbta blue book and then forecasted using the ctps travel demand model. Commuter rail ridership numbers dont add up commonwealth. The mbta blue book has traditionally listed them in a separate section of the bus ridership table. In the 1920s, with ridership exceeding 42,000 people a day, the boston elevated railway and the boston transit commission agreed to convert the tunnel to a rapidtransit operation with a transfer station at maverick square. Massachusetts bay transportation authority, operations directorate. Mbta heavy rail blue, orange and red lines ridership plateaued around 2014, when it effectively reached rushhour capacity, and has since been falling relative to population growth. Browse available hosted tables and shapefiles below by data content. We expect you to benefit from more predictable and timely rides and new website features. Red blue line connector assessment land use, population, and ridership memo 17. The 2010 edition of mbta ridership and service statistics the blue book is the thirteenth edition of this compendium. Specifically, the mbta will be adding blue line service in the morning, additional green line capacity on the e branch, and additional service on.

Mbta fare transformation program advances with approval of. If anyone knows of another source of stm achalandage. Mbta ridership generally trended downward over the last three years, with officials saying the available evidence suggests a portion of the systems riders are taking fewer trips on the t and replacing them with alternative modes of travel. Mbta set record for ridership in 2008 the boston globe. The mbta subway system is one that is used by thousands of people every day to go to work or school.

Average weekday, saturday, and sunday ridership includes every weekday, saturday, and sunday in the year, except major holidays and days when the bus system was closed or operated farefree. The massachusetts bay transportation authority is launching a study examining the costs and benefits of connecting the red and blue lines, a project it shelved years ago but that has found new. The 2014 mbta blue book changes to transit service since 1964 miles on the mbta a kida rising sophomore now. The blue line ridership data analyzed as part of the 2010 deir was based on the most recently available information in the 2007 mbta blue book and then forecasted using the ctps travel demand model. The massachusetts bay transportation authority mbta operates heavy rail, light rail, and bus. The transit authority announced yesterday that the average number of weekday riders on the authoritys trains, buses, and boats rose 4. And the blue line saw the biggest growth in ridership on the core subway system, with peak ridership up 18. Apr 03, 2018 the massachusetts bay transportation authority is launching a study examining the costs and benefits of connecting the red and blue lines, a project it shelved years ago but that has found new. That number seemed familiar, so i went back to check the blue book. Mbta ridership up, even after fare hike natick, ma patch.

Ridership is from the blue book, cost is net cost from a separate spreadsheet. The 2009 edition of mbta ridership and service statistics the blue book is the twelfth edition of this compendium. Existing haverhill line ridershipparking utilization. The mbta has published the mbta ridership and service statistics, also known as the blue book since 1988. Ch 02 p02 subway bus rapid transit ridership 3,652 sl2 sl1 square sullivan an 1,504 malden oak grove wellington park st 19,653 state,258 south station 25,037 jfkumass broadway andrew savin hill fields corner shawmut alley rd 44 ve 521 ashmont cedar grove 91 butler 143. Only about 4500 people use the station on a typical weekday, according to the mbta blue book. With the stm you get the top 5 bus routes listed in the annual report and thats it. May 05, 2011 ridership on the red, orange, and blue lines grew 6. Ridership has increased for both the subway and its commuter rail systems of the massachusetts bay transportation authority last year, according to figures released by the american public. Our best transit services, the red and orange lines, now see an astonishing 30 percent.

Although all of my friends seem to have used it at some point or another, the overall ridership for the station isnt too great. Further expansion occurred in the 1950s when the blue line was extended to orient heights, suffolk downs, and revere beach. Mbta says ridership broke record in october universal hub. With amazon mulling bid, mbta gives redblue connector a. Todays commuters might be surprised to learn that the line they are riding was once operated by trolley cars and narrowgauge, steampowered commuter trains. Such information is now available to onethird of mbta bus riders. Mbta blue line subway stations and schedules, including maps, realtime updates, parking and accessibility information, and connections. Around it is a brick patio with a wastebasket and a newspaper box on one side of the building. Keith alerts us to the arrival of the mbtas blue book, which contains data on ridership for all of the ts stations and services. For the first time since the fall of 2008, mbta ridership has increased for three consecutive months, from march through may of this year. In particular, ridership on the ts light rail the green line and mattapan line showed a 19% drop from fy2014 to fy2015, while ridership on mbta buses shows an 11.

The 2009 edition of mbta ridership and service statistics the blue book is. According to the 2010 deir, the blue line carried nearly 61,000 daily riders in. On the red, blue, and orange lines, average weekday ridership rose from 475,600 in may of 2009 to 490,000 this may. Open data opens new possibilities for blue book mbta. Bostons rapidtransit blue line covers a distance of 5. The mbta tells you every little thing about their system. Red and orange line modernization plans would change that, with signal upgrades and new trains that would increase capacity on the red line by half and on the. Ridership dipped 2 percent on its heavy rail lines, and. The mbtas annual ridership and service statistics report, a. For the 16th consecutive month, the mbta saw a growth in ridership in may, continuing the longest streak of. The colored rail trunk lines consist of 3 heavy rail lines red, orange, and blue, one branched light rail system green, and a. Ridership on the subways and trolleys is up over 20 percent in just ten years this confirms what we all know.

Explore the updated blue book platform for downloading and. The ride is the mbta s doortodoor, sharedride paratransit service. It runs from bowdoin station in downtown boston under boston harbor to east boston and revere on the inner north shore, where it terminates at wonderland. Ridership dipped 2 percent on the mbtas heavy rail lines, and 6 percent on buses, according to the agency. Ridership on the subways and trolleys is up over 20 percent in just ten years. Oct 23, 2017 ridership overall on the red, orange, and blue subway lines dropped 3. The main datasets ill be working with are the american community survey as of 2009, the towntotown commuter flows as of the 2000 census, and the mbta blue book, offering ridership numbers as of 2009 and going back to 1989. The massachusetts bay transportation authority mbta operates heavy rail, light rail, and bus transit services in the boston metropolitan area collectively referred to as the rapid transit, subway, or t system. If you took a look at the mbta s numbers by mode for the last few years, you would have noticed some fairly large changes in ridership from previous years. Today note that current numbers use the median ridership for the past 10 years, based on mbta blue book data to account for variability in passenger counts in single years, about 46,000 passengers use lines radiating from south station while 26,000 passengers use those from north station. Mbta ridership and service statistics th edition 2 post by sm89. Mar 18, 2020 crowds on the blue line after mbta reduces service. This item is managed by the arcgis hub application. Aug 24, 2015 the 2014 mbta blue book changes to transit service since 1964 miles on the mbta a kida rising sophomore now.

Nov 28, 2014 the mbta blue book has traditionally listed them in a separate section of the bus ridership table. Bear in mind that most data from the 2009 acs will be scrubbed from the net on january 20th, giving us only 2010. The methodology and ridership projections for each component of the ridership forecasts are discussed in detail below. Transportation secretary stephanie pollack said she didnt think riders were abandoning the t, just shifting to ride. Mar, 2004 mbta ridership and service statistics th edition 2010. The mbta began the light rail accessibility program in 1996. The ts hub and spoke travel pattern concentrates ridership and congestion in the core of the system. Mbta ridership on downward trend commonwealth magazine. However, the blue book has largely lacked consistency in updates. The mbta began modifying red, orange, and blue line stations for accessibility in the late 1980s. The ride is implementing a new software system called routematch this winter. Mbta 2014 blue book prior to the automated fare collection system coming on line in 2007, ridership counts were conducted using manual methods which may explain the size of the increase between 2004 and 2007. The downtown portions of what are now the green, orange, blue, and red line tunnels were all in service by 1912. Mbta daily ridership reached what is believed to be its highest level in the modern recordkeeping era in september.

The most recent blue book edition was released in 2014 and contained data on ridership, bus speeds, track distances, fleet rosters, and more. What caught my eye was the section on the ride, which is a doortodoor van service for the elderly and disabled. Theres only approximately 3,000 inbound riders per weekday on the greenbush line, a fairly pitiful quantity. The mbta receives frequent inquiries from customers, students, peer transit providers, government. After crowds on the blue line, mbta to increase service. Specifically, the mbta is touting its increased ridership on the silverline, which skyrocketed during weekend hours in the last six months, according to a. Additionally, this book serves as a management and analytical tool for mbta staff. The agency has in recent weeks divulged it saw a decrease in trips in fiscal 2017 from the previous year. If anyone knows of another source of stm achalandage data, please speak up. Browsing ridership and service statistics blue books by issue date. Mbta ridership and service statistics th edition 2010. Study calls for easing mbta procurement restrictions and. Over 3,000 new parking spaces have been built on stations along the new greenbush commuter rail line.