An analysis of bicycle and wheelchair usage on buses as it pertains to bicycles inside buses based on July 2001 ridership info.
A B C D E F G H I
b/wc-                                                    
route total wc bikes bike/wc bike/tot wc/tot wc/10 rank                  
2 5456 19 229 12.05 4.20% 0.35% 10 1 * EXPLANATIONS
3a 3477 26 80 3.08 2.30% 0.75% 0 2  
3b 4634 9 158 17.56 3.41% 0.19% 17 1 *
3n 452 0 18 1000.00 3.98% 0.00% 1000 1 * A - Route number
4 4957 69 55 0.80 1.11% 1.39% (6) 3 B - Total Ridership
6 2921 14 40 2.86 1.37% 0.48% 1 2   C - Wheelchair ridership
7 3179 20 43 2.15 1.35% 0.63% 0 2 D - Bicycle ridership
7n 2300 10 122 12.20 5.30% 0.43% 11 1 * E - ratio of bikes to wheelchairs
8 4711 25 49 1.96 1.04% 0.53% (1) 3 F - ration of bikes to total ridership
9 147 0 8 1000.00 5.44% 0.00% 1000 1 * G - ratio of wheelchairs to total ridership
12a 108 0 3 1000.00 2.78% 0.00% 1000 1 * H - a general guess at a way to rank which
30 3973 34 178 5.24 4.48% 0.86% 2 2   routes would be best for bikes inside buses
31 1523 14 57 4.07 3.74% 0.92% 3 2 based on a high ratio of bikes to wheelchairs
33 561 3 35 11.67 6.24% 0.53% 11 1 * and a low absolute number of wheelchair
34 201 6 15 2.50 7.46% 2.99% 2 2 users.
35 43382 70 1755 25.07 4.05% 0.16% 18 1 * I - my personal ranking based on the
36 925 0 30 1000.00 3.24% 0.00% 1000 1 * information I had available.
40 2333 4 157 39.25 6.73% 0.17% 39 1 *
41 1912 1 200 200.00 10.46% 0.05% 200 1 * Any bikes inside bus program would of course
42 1245 3 92 30.67 7.39% 0.24% 30 1 * require that bikes only board when wheelchair
51 427 9 8 0.89 1.87% 2.11% (0) 3 spaces are unoccupied and the passenger load
52 1621 23 18 0.78 1.11% 1.42% (2) 3   is light enough to accommodate a bicycle on
54 7434 76 184 2.42 2.48% 1.02% (5) 3 board, and that a bicyclist would need to
59 299 1 2 2.00 0.67% 0.33% 2 2   deboard if these conditions changed. A program
60 381 1 3 3.00 0.79% 0.26% 3 2 for bikes on board could potentially require a
63 1913 149 46 0.31 2.40% 7.79% (15) 4   training program or permit program that could be
65 11156 116 325 2.80 2.91% 1.04% (9) 3 implemented by a 3rd party such as the Hub for
66 16939 153 471 3.08 2.78% 0.90% (12) 4   Sustainable Transportation.
67 12202 88 346 3.93 2.84% 0.72% (5) 3
69 19727 101 687 6.80 3.48% 0.51% (3) 3  
69a 6049 21 172 8.19 2.84% 0.35% 6 2
69n 3733 13 164 12.62 4.39% 0.35% 11 1 *
69w 28563 129 815 6.32 2.85% 0.45% (7) 3
69L 3306 29 114 3.93 3.45% 0.88% 1 2  
70 9 0 0 1000.00 0.00% 0.00% 1000 1 *
71 91478 501 2918 5.82 3.19% 0.55% (44) 4  
72 9851 22 145 6.59 1.47% 0.22% 4 2
73 8737 32 95 2.97 1.09% 0.37% (0) 3  
75 12386 22 145 6.59 1.17% 0.18% 4 2
78 300 2 5 2.50 1.67% 0.67% 2 2  
79 3084 19 62 3.26 2.01% 0.62% 1 2
81 4939 47 115 2.45 2.33% 0.95% (2) 3  
91 9220 7 332 47.43 3.60% 0.08% 47 1 *