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Technical Memorandum #1' General Transit Demand Study April 2004 number of daily revenue hours and based on an estimated cost per service hour of $40 per revenue hour. Table 5. Estimated Frequencies, Revenue Hours and Operating Costs, Conceptual Shuttle Routes in the Ramsey Town Center Shultle Distance both Frequency Number of I Revenue Service Hours/Day I Estimated Annual O eratin Costs* Route Directions (miles) (minutes) Buses 10 hours 12 hours ' CostJService Hou(-* 10 hour day 12 hour day Blue 5.2 5 6 60 72 $40 $612,000 $734,400 10 4 40 48 $40 $408,000 $489,600 30 1 10 12 $40 $102,000 $122,400 Red 5.8 5 6 60 72 $40 $612,000 $7;~4,400 10 4 40 48 $40 $408,000 $489,600 30 I 10 12 $40 $102,000 $122,400 Both 11 5 12 120 144 $40 $1,224,000 $1,468,800 10 8 80 96 $40 $816,000 $97¢,200 30 2 20 24 $40 $204,000 $244,800 · Assumes 255 days per year. Recommendations ? Although it would be ideal to have an unlimited budget to operate transit service in the RTC, this is not very likely. Therefore, operating both conceptual shuttle routes at five minute headways for 12 hours a day is probably not a good use of resources. BeCause the RTC is less than 1 square mile, however, we believe that service frequencies every 15 minutes (and preferably every 10 minutes) are probably the most appropriate level to provide an attractive service. One possible arrangement to maximize resources would be to provide service on the Red route only during the morning and the evening commute periods to provide service between the residential areas and the commuter bus/rail station. The Blue route could operate only during the afternoon/lunch time to provide circulation in the office/retail district. This would result in the need for 2 vehicles for 15 minute service and 4 vehicles for 10 minute service. Evening/night service could be provided thrbughout the RTC by modifying the conceptual routing to better serve both the office/retail district and the residential district. Multimodal Transportation Needs Over the long term as the Ramsey Town Center develops, provisions shoUld be made for all modes of transportation to enhance the viability of transit. This primari.ly includes walking and biking, both of which are necessary for attracting people to transit. The Development Guidelines produced by the Ramsey Town Center, LLC includes §:i'~ificant design guideline recommendations that encourage multimodal transport~.,.t, io~i'i~. [~eRTQ~ For the purposes of this report, we would simply support the guidelines a ¢9,a. d¢':~t ~.~E~¢~th regard to walking and cycling in the R TC. '~!i~i."" iii~. 14