A recent survey sent out by the town and shared by me and others (https://www.publicinput.com/transitsurvey) has prompted the a set of questions and comments about the usage and necessity of our transit program. In order to constructively add to that conversation, I asked our staff to give me an update on utilization (the last update I had was from the middle of last year)
If you’ll look below, you’ll see that our average usage is up dramatically year over year, including up 67% Feb 24 vs Feb 23
The second chart is the same data, but broken down by “hour”. I like this chart because an hour corresponds to one complete loop, so you can see how many people are boarding on an average trip. Keep in mind though that bus usage, much like road usage, is “bursty”. Some trips will be empty, others will be full.
In light of this data, I have no explanation as to why several people have emphatically claimed to have never seen anyone riding the bus. Perhaps it’s a window tinting issue.
Building ridership is a process. We’re succeeding and trending in the right direction. I am very thankful for the work our Transit Committee and Apex staff has put into this so far, for the leadership of the Cary and Wake County in blazing a trail here and providing funding, and for my colleagues on the Apex Town Council (particularly CM Gantt) who have worked with me to push this forward.
We’re going to expand our service.
VISION OF THE PEAK 