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TWO TABLES ARE PRESENTED, WITH AND WITHOUT NEW TRIPS

PASSENGER FORMER MODE, NEW TRANSIT PROJECTS
PROJECT DESCRIPTION		RIDER MODE BEFORE PROJECT *
PROJECT	METRO AREA	AUTO	RAIL	BUS	NEW	OTHER
LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS
SD Trolley	San Diego, CA	30%	0%	56%	10%	4%
Central Line	Baltimore, MD	27%	0%	54%	16%	3%
Blue Line	Los Angeles	27%	0%	63%	4%	6%
RAIL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Red Line NW Ext **	Boston, MA	8%	44%	11%	35%	2%
Red Line SE Ext **	Boston, MA	11%	69%	5%	12%	3%
East/West MARTA	Atlanta, GA	25%	NA	58%	15%	3%
O'Hare Extension	Chicago	17%	59%	18%	NA	6%
Orange Line	Chicago	18%	***	73%	5%	3%
Skytrain	Vancouver, BC	19%	0%	56%	20%	3%
BART	San Francisco	35%	NA	54%	11%	NA
Lindenwold Line	Philadelphia	40%	NA	36%	11%	13%
HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES (EXPRESS BUS ONLY)
Shirley Hwy	Washington, DC	53%	NA	38%	NA	9%
Banfield Freeway	Portland, OR	44%	0%	47%	NA	9%
Santa Monica Fwy	Los Angeles	47%	0%	36%	NA	17%
San Bernadino Fwy	Los Angeles	74%	0%	10%	NA	16%
North Freeway	Houston, TX	56%	0%	16%	28%	NA
Katy Freeway	Houston, TX	50%	0%	19%	31%	NA
Gulf Freeway	Houston, TX	52%	0%	30%	18%	NA
NW Freeway	Houston, TX	55%	0%	24%	21%	NA

* Above data excludes new trips where no specific data on the number of new trips was given. Auto drivers and riders are grouped together under Auto. For High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, the modal figures given are for new bus riders only, not carpool or vanpool users.

** Boston Red Line Extension to Northwest (West Cambridge) completed 1984-85 and Southeast (Quincy and Braintree) completed 1980-83. Excludes data on earlier Extension to Quincy in 1970's.

*** Rail and Bus combined shown in Bus column.

DATA SOURCES FOR TABLE ON PASSENGER FORMER MODE

SOURCES, LIGHT RAIL: Passenger former mode data for Los Angeles from Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority, Metro Blue Line Ridership Characteristics and Previous Mode of Travel, 1990; for Baltimore from Cornelius Nuworsoo, Baltimore Metropolitan Council, Central Light Rail Survey, Volume I: Methodology and Results, 1994; from San Diego from San Diego Association of Governments, San Diego Trolley: The First Three Years, 1984 (DOT-1-85-10).

SOURCES, RAIL RAPID TRANSIT: Passenger former mode data for Chicago O'Hare Extention from Chicago Area Transportation Study, The O'Hare Rapid Transit Extension, Before-After Analysis, 1986, Page 29; for Chicago Orange Line from Sarah LaBelle and Darwin Stuart, Diverting Auto User to Transit: Early Lessons from CTA's Orange Line, 1995 TRB Paper.

Passenger former mode data for Boston from Central Transportation Planning Staff, An Impact Analysis of the Red Line Extension to Braintree, Boston, June 1981, pages 34-38, and An Impact Analysis of the Opening of the Quincy Adams Rapid-Transit Station, Boston, November 1984 for the SOUTHWEST RED LINE, pages 17-18 (for stations opened in 1980's only, excluding three stations opened in 1970's for which data not available); and Red Line Extension to Alewife: Before/After Study, Boston, December 1987, page 43 for the NORTHWEST RED LINE (all stations included).

Passenger former mode data for Atlanta's East/West MARTA line from Atlanta Regional Commission, 1982 Transit Impact Monitoring Program Annual Report, 1983.

Passenger former mode data for Vancouver from Robert Glover, British Columbia Transit Long Range Planning, Skytrain, Two Years Later: Expectations and Realities, presented at 1988 Annual Conference, Road and Transportation Association of Canada, Halfax, Nova Scotia, 1988.

Passenger former mode data for all other Rail from D. Kulash, R. Mudege, and D. Prywes, Congressional Budget Office, Natural Resources and Commerce Division, Urban Transportation and Energy: The Potential Savings of Different Modes, September 1977, Serial # 95-8, Table A-8.

SOURCES, EXPRESS BUS ON HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES: Passenger former mode data for Los Angeles from Richard Pratt and John Copple, Barton-Aschman Associates, Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes, Second Edition, for U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT-FH-11-9579) July 1981, Tables 13 (page 52) and 36 (page 224). Data for Houston from Texas Transportation Institute, An Evaluation of High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes in Texas, 1993, Research Report 1353-1, Figure 36 (page 66), October 1994 (FHWA/TX-94-/1353). Data for Portland from Oregon Department of Transportation, Banfield High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, Appendices, March 1978 (FHWA-RD-78-60), page 163.

PASSENGER FORMER MODE, NEW TRANSIT PROJECTS, EXCLUDING NEW TRIPS
PROJECT DESCRIPTION		RIDER MODE BEFORE PROJECT *
PROJECT	METRO AREA	AUTO	RAIL	BUS	OTHER
LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS
SD Trolley	San Diego, CA	33%	0%	63%	4%
Central Line	Baltimore, MD	32%	0%	64%	4%
Blue Line	Los Angeles	28%	0%	66%	6%
RAIL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Red Line NW Ext **	Boston, MA	13%	68%	17%	2%
Red Line SE Ext **	Boston, MA	13%	79%	6%	3%
East/West MARTA	Atlanta, GA	29%	NA	68%	3%
O'Hare Extension	Chicago	17%	59%	18%	6%
Orange Line	Chicago	19%	***	78%	3%
Skytrain	Vancouver, BC	24%	0%	70%	6%
BART	San Francisco	39%	NA	61%	NA
Lindenwold Line	Philadelphia	45%	NA	40%	15%
HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES (EXPRESS BUS ONLY)
Shirley Hwy	Washington, DC	53%	NA	38%	9%
Banfield Freeway	Portland, OR	44%	0%	47%	9%
Santa Monica Fwy	Los Angeles	47%	0%	36%	17%
San Bernadino Fwy	Los Angeles	74%	0%	10%	16%
North Freeway	Houston, TX	78%	0%	22%	NA
Katy Freeway	Houston, TX	72%	0%	28%	NA
Gulf Freeway	Houston, TX	63%	0%	37%	NA
NW Freeway	Houston, TX	70%	0%	30%	NA

* Above data excludes new trips. Auto drivers and riders are grouped together under Auto. For High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, the modal figures given are for new bus riders only, not carpool or vanpool users.

** Boston Red Line Extension to Northwest (West Cambridge) completed 1984-85 and Southeast (Quincy and Braintree) completed 1980-83. Excludes data on earlier Extension to Quincy in 1970's.

*** Rail and Bus combined shown in Bus column.

DATA SOURCES FOR TABLE ON PASSENGER FORMER MODE

Passenger former mode data for Atlanta's East/West MARTA line from Atlanta Regional Commission, 1982 Transit Impact Monitoring Program Annual Report, 1983.