United States Department of Transportation

Metro Rapid Demonstration Program Evaluation Report - Survey Tables

**Table A-1 Reasons for Using Transit**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
Avoid traffic	123	14.10%	29	10.10%	90	13.30%	145	20.20%
No other way to go	462	53.00%	141	49.00%	396	58.60%	332	46.20%
Less expensive	194	22.30%	45	15.60%	120	17.80%	154	21.40%
Parking problems	64	7.30%	21	7.30%	39	5.80%	40	5.60%
More convenient	200	23.00%	68	23.60%	139	20.60%	221	30.70%
Other	79	9.10%	27	9.40%	58	8.60%	55	7.60%
Total	1,122	100.00%	331	100.00%	842	100.00%	947	100.00%

**Table A-2 Trip Purpose**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
Avoid traffic	520	61.70%	171	63.60%	443	67.60%	528	75.40%
No other way to go	61	7.20%	23	8.40%	41	6.30%	35	5.00%
Less expensive	79	9.40%	37	13.50%	88	13.40%	62	8.90%
Parking problems	59	7.00%	13	4.70%	28	4.30%	23	3.30%
More convenient	59	7.00%	11	4.00%	33	5.00%	29	4.10%
Other	65	7.70%	16	5.80%	22	3.40%	23	3.30%
Total	843	100.00%	275	100.00%	655	100.00%	700	100.00%

**Table A-3 Access to Bus Stop**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
Transferred from Bus	315	38.30%	82	30.60%	190	29.00%	260	37.60%
Transferred from Rail					69	10.50%	116	16.80%
Walked	432	52.50%	160	59.70%	319	48.70%	232	33.60%
Drove	15	1.80%	2	0.70%	7	1.10%	34	4.90%
Got a ride	35	4.30%	9	3.40%	40	6.10%	38	5.50%
Bicycle	2	0.20%	3	1.10%	7	1.10%	8	1.20%
Other	24	2.90%	12	4.50%	23	3.50%	3	0.40%
Total	823	100.00%	268	100.00%	655	100.00%	691	100.00%

**Table A-4 Fare Payment Method**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
Cash	223	27.10%	71	26.50%	146	22.50%	130	18.80%
Transfer	60	7.30%	15	5.60%	57	8.80%	75	10.90%
Token	124	15.00%	47	17.50%	110	16.90%	94	13.60%
Weekly Pass	104	12.60%	36	13.40%	83	12.80%	103	14.90%
Monthly Pass	260	31.60%	75	28.00%	210	32.30%	227	32.90%
Half-Monthly Pass/Other	53	6.40%	24	9.00%	44	6.80%	62	9.00%
Total	824	100.00%	268	100.00%	650	100.00%	691	100.00%

**Table A-5 Egress from Bus Stop**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
Transfer to Bus	264	33.20%	79	31.20%	166	27.70%	235	35.90%
Transfer to Rail					55	9.20%	118	18.00%
Walk	446	56.10%	147	58.10%	297	49.50%	260	39.70%
Drive	11	1.40%	2	0.80%	9	1.50%	6	0.90%
Get a ride	26	3.30%	10	4.00%	35	5.80%	18	2.70%
Bicycle	9	1.10%	1	0.40%	4	0.70%	7	1.10%
Other	39	4.90%	14	5.50%	34	5.70%	11	1.70%
Total	795	100.00%	253	100.00%	600	100.00%	655	100.00%

**Table A-6 Frequency of Bus Use**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
5+ days per week	574	72.10%	191	71.50%	489	77.60%	511	77.00%
3-4 days per week	126	15.80%	47	17.60%	81	12.90%	95	14.30%
1-2 days per week	50	6.30%	19	7.10%	37	5.90%	37	5.60%
Less than once a week	46	5.80%	10	3.70%	23	3.70%	21	3.20%
Total	796	100.00%	267	100.00%	630	100.00%	664	100.00%

**Table A-7 Length of Time Using MTA Services**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
Less than 3 months					55	9.00%	92	13.90%
3 to 6 months					47	7.70%	41	6.20%
Less than 6 months	111	14.50%	41	16.10%	102	16.70%	133	20.10%
6 months to 1 year	111	14.50%	39	15.30%	88	14.40%	69	10.40%
More than 1 year	541	70.90%	175	68.60%	421	69.00%	459	69.50%
1 to 5 years					161	26.40%	161	24.40%
More than 5 years					260	42.60%	298	45.10%
Total	763	100.00%	255	100.00%	611	100.00%	661	100.00%

**Table A-8 Age**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
17 years or under	47	6.00%	24	9.10%	49	8.00%	33	5.00%
18 to 44 years	472	60.40%	163	62.00%	351	57.50%	417	63.40%
45 to 64 years	201	25.70%	69	26.20%	175	28.70%	178	27.10%
65 years or more	61	7.80%	7	2.70%	35	5.70%	30	4.60%
Total	781	100.00%	263	100.00%	610	100.00%	658	100.00%

**Table A-9 Gender**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
Female	368	51.30%	135	57.40%	283	58.60%	213	45.80%
Male	349	48.70%	100	42.60%	200	41.40%	252	54.20%
Count	717	100.00%	235	100.00%	483	100.00%	465	100.00%

**Table A-10 Ethnic Origin**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
African-American/Black	115	15.20%	36	14.10%	97	15.80%	84	13.00%
White	162	21.30%	35	13.70%	100	16.30%	137	21.20%
Hispanic	384	50.60%	159	62.10%	321	52.40%	349	54.10%
Asian/Pacific Islander	61	8.00%	18	7.00%	70	11.40%	54	8.40%
Other	37	4.90%	8	3.10%	25	4.10%	21	3.30%
Count	759	100.00%	256	100.00%	613	100.00%	645	100.00%

**Table A-11 Vehicle Availability**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
None	360	47.70%	106	42.70%	297	51.20%	306	48.20%
One	231	30.60%	83	33.50%	139	24.00%	176	27.70%
Two	119	15.80%	40	16.10%	98	16.90%	96	15.10%
Three +	45	6.00%	19	7.70%	46	7.90%	57	9.00%
Total	755	100.00%	248	100.00%	580	100.00%	635	100.00%

**Table A-12 Household Income**
	Local Before		Local Before		Local After		Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent	#	Percent
Less than $7,500	212	31.40%	58	25.90%	167	29.80%	153	25.00%
$7,500 - $14,999	173	25.60%	73	32.60%	148	26.40%	162	26.50%
$15,000 - $34,999	148	21.90%	59	26.30%	148	26.40%	164	26.80%
$35,000 - $49,999	86	12.70%	19	8.50%	62	11.10%	52	8.50%
$50,000 - $74,999	34	5.00%	9	4.00%	20	3.60%	45	7.40%
$75,000 and over	23	3.40%	6	2.70%	16	2.90%	35	5.70%
Total	676	100.00%	224	100.00%	561	100.00%	611	100.00%

**Table A-13 Alternate Mode (Before Only)**
	Local Before		Limited Before
	#	Percent	#	Percent
Drive	146	20.20%	46	19.30%
Walk	112	15.50%	34	14.30%
Bicycle	34	4.70%	12	5.00%
Taxi	53	7.30%	11	4.60%
Get a ride	195	26.90%	73	30.70%
Would not make trip	184	25.40%	62	26.10%
Total	724	100.00%	238	100.00%

**Table A-14 Prior Mode (Metro Rapid Only)**
	Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent
Bus	407	61.10%
Rail	38	5.70%
Bus and Rail	86	12.90%
Did not make trip	72	10.80%
Other	63	9.50%
Total	666	100.00%

**Table A-15 Perceived Travel Time Change**
(Metro Rapid Only)
	Metro Rapid After
	#	Percent
15 minutes or more faster	313	50.20%
11-15 minutes faster	105	16.90%
6-10 minutes faster	76	12.20%
1-5 minutes faster	30	4.80%
About the same	66	10.60%
Slower	33	5.30%
Total	623	100.00%

**Table A-16 Reasons for Not Using Metro Rapid**
(Local Only)
	Local After
	#	Percent
Too far to walk	258	41.40%
I just catch the next bus	161	25.80%
Local bus is less crowded	43	6.90%
Don't know enough	99	15.90%
Total	561	100.00%

Last updated: Sunday, December 6, 2015