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From ~he first ten months of data, there was an average of 545 dders per month. <br />Using a figure of twenty (20) workdays (service days)per month, that is an <br />average of 27 riders per.day (AM plus PM riders). That results in 27 less "cold <br />starts" per day. Also to be considered are the reduction in vehicle miles as a <br />result of those who have started to use transit/Caltrain because of the <br />convenient, no-cost transportation that the service provides. We estimate'that of <br />the 27 total alders Per day (AM plus PM dders), about 80% are using the service <br />in both the AM and PM, and 20% are using the service one way, either only the <br />AM or only the PM. Based on this estimate, on average there are about 16 <br />individual people using the service each day (roughly 11 two way riders and 5 <br />one way riders). <br /> <br />From the survey, when asked if the dder was a regular public transit/Caltrain user <br />before being offered the Shores Shut'tie, '24 out of 52 (46%, nearly half) <br />responded no. If we assume that this percentage is representative of the entire <br />group, nearly half of the average 16 riders per day were using transit that day <br />instead of driving alone because of the service. From the survey, we also know <br />that most of the riders using the service commute on Caltrain. If we assume that <br />each of the 8 "new" alders is traveling an average of 40 miles that day on <br />Caltr~in, that results in a reduction of about 320 vehicle miles per day. <br /> <br />If we apply the expected ridership increase of 10% for upcoming years, the <br />expected reduction of vehicle miles will increase to 350 vehicles per day. <br /> <br /> Page 5 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />