Alightings The quantity of passengers exiting a transit vehicle in revenue service. Also called or “offs” “departed.” Passenger Load The quantity of transit patrons carried at a given time by a specified means such as a transit vehicle in revenue service. National Transit Database Definitions According to the NTD, consumed is amount of service actually used by passengers and “service “[t]he which is measured by unlinked passenger trips and passenger miles.” [4, S-10] 42: Service Consumed Related NTD Performance Measures Performance Measure NTD Definition [4, NTD Glossary] Passenger Miles Traveled (PMT) The cumulative sum of the distances ridden by each passenger. Unlinked Passenger Trips (UPT) The number of passengers who board public transportation vehicles. Passengers are counted each time they board vehicles no matter how many vehicles they use to travel from their origin to their destination. Average Trip Length The average distance ridden for an unlinked passenger trip (UPT) by time period (weekday, Saturday, Sunday) computed as passenger miles (PM) divided by unlinked passenger trips (UPT). NYMTC Best Practices Model Service Consumed Parameters The major service consumed measures needed by the NYMTC Best Practices Model (BPM) is defined by that is: average hourly capacity (persons/hour) for each pattern” [9, p., 15]. There are “capacity,” “the five capacity measures defined by the BPM. These are described in Table 43. Table 43: NYMTC BPM Service Consumed Measures Measure Description AM Capacity AM Peak Period Capacity (persons per hour) Mid Capacity Midday Period Capacity (persons per hour) PM Capacity PM Peak Period Capacity (persons per hour) Eve Capacity Evening Period Capacity (persons per hour) Night Capacity Night Period Capacity (persons per hour) Service Consumed Data Concept Requirements The service consumed data includes operational data for passenger counts (boarding/alighting) at each stop, by route segment and by trip as reported by each transit provider. Summary data sets are
Alightings The quantity of passengers exiting a transit vehicle in revenue service. Also called “offs” or “departed.” Passenger Load The quantity of transit patrons carried at a given time by a specified means such as a transit vehicle in revenue service. National Transit Database Definitions According to the NTD, “service consumed is “[t]he amount of service actually used by passengers and which is measured by unlinked passenger trips and passenger miles.” [4, S-10] 42: Service Consumed Related NTD Performance Measures Performance Measure NTD Definition [4, NTD Glossary] Passenger Miles Traveled (PMT) The cumulative sum of the distances ridden by each passenger. Unlinked Passenger Trips (UPT) The number of passengers who board public transportation vehicles. Passengers are counted each time they board vehicles no matter how many vehicles they use to travel from their origin to their destination. Average Trip Length The average distance ridden for an unlinked passenger trip (UPT) by time period (weekday, Saturday, Sunday) computed as passenger miles (PM) divided by unlinked passenger trips (UPT). NYMTC Best Practices Model Service Consumed Parameters The major service consumed measures needed by the NYMTC Best Practices Model (BPM) is defined by “capacity,” that is: “the average hourly capacity (persons/hour) for each pattern” [9, p., 15]. There are five capacity measures defined by the BPM. These are described in Table 43. Table 43: NYMTC BPM Service Consumed Measures Measure Description AM Capacity AM Peak Period Capacity (persons per hour) Mid Capacity Midday Period Capacity (persons per hour) PM Capacity PM Peak Period Capacity (persons per hour) Eve Capacity Evening Period Capacity (persons per hour) Night Capacity Night Period Capacity (persons per hour) Service Consumed Data Concept Requirements The service consumed data includes operational data for passenger counts (boarding/alighting) at each stop, by route segment and by trip as reported by each transit provider. Summary data sets are
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