planning, marketing and operating the three legs of the ridership stool fta region 1 ridership...
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Planning, Marketing and Operating
The Three Legs of the
Ridership Stool FTA Region 1 Ridership Symposium
May 21, 2008 Lowell, Massachusetts
Ron Kilcoyne, CEOGreater Bridgeport Transit
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Ridership is the Bottom Line
For every benefit that transit can offer a community, the greater the ridership, the greater the benefit.
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The “Legs” of Transit
Product Design Promotion and Public Information Product Delivery
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The First Leg – The Product
Service frequency Service span Route design
Directness Coverage
Price Access
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The First Leg – Service Levels
Demonstrated Outcomes:
Study after study has revealed the single biggest factor to increasing ridership is the amount of service we provide - frequency, service span, coverage
Frequency often trumps speed or travel time as a factor of transit use
Everything else we can do to encourage and sustain ridership is moot without high levels of service
A high level of service takes dollars
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The First Leg – Service Levels
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The First Leg – Price
Sell Time: A majority of the cost of driving is fixed When driving - individuals do not pay on a
per trip basis
The more you drive the more value that you get from your car - this concept should
also apply to transit.
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The First Leg – Price
Ziptrip – GBT Only Sells Time:
$1.50 – 90 minutes$3.00 - all day$15.00 – 7 days$60 – 31 days
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The First Leg – Access
Stop segregating “internal” and “external” factors
Consider the whole trip Identify barriers Get engaged in development/urban
design
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The First Leg – Business Districts
Become the mobility manager for dense commercial or mixed-use areas
Look for opportunities to reduce the demand for parking
Two of four transformative conceptsEco passesCar sharing
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The Second Leg – Promotion and Public
Information How easy can a new customer
figure out how to use your system?
What can you do to entice new customers to sample your system?
What can be done to encourage existing customers to use other services you provide?
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The Second Leg – Promotion and Public
Information
The other two transformative concepts:
Automated trip planning Real time information
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The Third Leg – Product Delivery
The basics that keep the customer coming back:
Reliable – on time Friendly drivers Clean vehicles Well maintained vehicle –
breakdowns rare Safe
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Conclusion
Growing Ridership is Job #1Growing ridership is an attitude There are no transit dependentsGrowing and sustaining ridership
requires a holistic approach
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Planning Marketing and Operating
The Three Legs of the
Ridership Stool Ron Kilcoyne, CEO
Greater Bridgeport Transit
Thank You.