Now I know this forum is on Railroading, but SEPTA functions (more or less) as an integrated system. Responding to 17 percent drop in bus ridership SEPTA has paid 250,000 for Jarett Walker's consulting to help address this. The report can be viewed overall here: http://www.septa.org/service/bus/network/index.html. The more comprehensive report can be found here: https://cloud.septa.org/s/ayAqdDchL2j7UOx As of this time of writing, the website is down.
Two points in this report:
The route 15 trolley should be Extended into 69th street either by rail or by bus conversion.
Two points in this report:
The route 15 trolley should be Extended into 69th street either by rail or by bus conversion.
This problem could be fixed either by extending the GirardRegional Rail should have more headway
trolley to 69th Street Transportation Center or, far less
expensively, by converting the trolley into a high-frequency
bus line.
Two major barriers prevent Regional Rail from playing a larger role. One
is the frequency of service. Figure 106 shows the midday headways
for the regional rail lines in the city. Most lines have hourly frequency,
which is worse than most bus service in the outer areas of the city...
The Scheduled 11:30 R5 Local to Malvern Next To Arrive on track 4 Section B