1. CUTA FACT BOOK WORKSHOP

2. Lauren Rudko Calvin Chia Hello! Nice to meet you
Manager of Research and Technical Services
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The Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) is a member based association that supports public transit as the core of integrated mobility across Canada. We do this by providing our members with the resources, networking, training, events, data, research, and advocacy needed to support their success in the industry.
Learn more at:
Calvin Chia
Industry Data Analyst
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3. 1. Introduction to CUTA’s Fact Books
2. Data Terminology
3. Call for CUTA’s Stats Committee Members
4. Q&A
5. Open Discussion
Workshop Overview

4. Over 100 Transit Systems Published Since 1980
About 98% of Canadian ridership covered
Annual Fact Books
Published Since 1980
Every year in the Fall
Over 2,000 Points of Data
Total success!

5. Published in English and French
Covers conventional and specialized transit data
Available in PDF and hard copy
Used by researchers, policy makers, consulting firms, transit professionals, suppliers, and students
Available to CUTA members only
Annual
Fact Books

6. What data is published in our
Fleet and On-board Equipment Fact Book
Canadian Transit Fact Book
Specialized Transit Services Fact Book
What data is published in our
Fact Books?
Conventional public transit
Fleet statistics combined with operating data
Presence of on-board equipment
Conventional public transit
Financial and operating statistics
Key performance indicators
Fleet statistics
Specialized public transit
Financial and operating statistics
Key performance indicators
Fleet statistics

7. DATA TERMINOLOGY
Not everyone interprets data in the same way

8. Ridership and Boardings
Ridership is the total number of linked trips.
A linked trip is a single trip from origin to destination. Trips made using transfers are only counted once.
Boardings is the total number of unlinked trips.
An unlinked trip is a segment of a trip from onboarding to offboarding a transit vehicle.

9. Ridership VS Boardings
Origin
Ridership Perspective
Although there are multiple segments of this trip, they are all linked via a transfer.
The entire trip is considered 1 linked trip.
Boardings Perspective
This trip has two segments separated by transit mode onboardings and offboardings.
The entire trip is considered as 2 unlinked trips.
Transfer
Therefore, the total ridership is 1
Therefore, the total number of boardings is 2
Destination

10. Revenue and Non-Revenue
Operating Statistics
Revenue operating statistics represent mileage during which passenger transportation is provided.
*Mileage is considered revenue even if no passengers are on board, but passenger service is being offered.
Non-Revenue operating statistics represent mileage where passenger transportation is NOT being provided. This includes deadhead time.

11. Revenue VS Non-Revenue
A bus drives for 1 hour from one bus stop to the next and picks up 3 passengers
The bus has accrued 1 revenue vehicle hour for driving 1 hour while offering passenger service
A subway train drives 10 km from the end of its route back to the garage.
The subway train has accrued 10 non-revenue vehicle kilometres for driving 10 kilometres without offering any passenger service
For a training test, a light rail train is driven from one stop to the next which takes
1 hour to travel 45 km.
The light rail train has accrued 1 non-revenue vehicle hour and 45 non-revenue vehicle kilometres for its trip which did not offer any passenger service

12. Regular and Auxiliary Service
Regular Service
Any local public transportation service that is available to anyone who pays a prescribed fare.
*A community is considered local if the transportation service has exclusive rights to operate there.
Auxiliary Service
Any transportation service where routes and schedules are arranged to meet the needs of passengers who sign up in advance (usually arranged through charter or contractual agreement), AND/OR serves a non-local community.

13. Regular or Auxiliary?
Does the transportation operation serve non-local communities?
Auxiliary Service
Yes No
Does a standard fare structure apply to passengers?
Auxiliary Service No
Yes
Regular Service

14. Service Area Population
The number of permanent residents living in a region or municipality.
Service Area Population
The number of permanent residents living in proximity to public transportation.
*A CUTA standard is 400 metres from a service route.

15. Service Area Population
Permanent residents living in orange homes are living within access to public transit and are therefore counted as part of the service area population.
Permanent residents living in all homes are counted as part of the municipal or regional population.

16. SPECIALIZED TRANSIT

17. Total and Active Registrants
Total Registrants
The number of individuals who are eligible for specialized transit services AND who have registered for passenger service.
Active Registrants
The number of individuals who are eligible for specialized transit services AND who have registered for passenger service AND have used the passenger service at least once during the reporting year.

18. Total and Active Registrants
Green individuals are registered for passenger service and used it at least once during the reporting year: 16
Total Number of Individuals: 36
Orange individuals are registered for passenger service but have not used it during the reporting year: 15
Blue individuals are not registered for passenger service or are not eligible: 5
Total Number of Registrants: 31
Number of Active Registrants: 16
= 31 16
Sum of all individuals registered for passenger service
Sum of all individuals registered for passenger service and who used it at least once during the reporting year

19. Dedicated and Non-Dedicated
Dedicated Service
A passenger service where vehicles are operated only for specialized transit.
Non-Dedicated Service
A passenger service where vehicles are not necessarily servicing just specialized transit service.

20. Trips Requested and Passenger Trips Trips Requested* Passenger Trips*
The number of trips that were requested by passengers prior to travel.
Trips that cannot be accommodated or are cancelled are still counted as requested trips.
Passenger Trips*
The number of trips taken by passengers from origin to destination.
*Round trips are considered as 2 passenger trips and 2 trips requested.

21. Trips Requested/Passenger Trips
Scenario 1
Hello, I’d like to schedule a trip for tomorrow at 5PM for my clinic appointment
Sorry, but 5PM is outside our operating hours and so we cannot accommodate your trip request
Although this trip could not be accommodated, it is still counted as 1 trip requested.
Scenario 2
Hello, I’d like to schedule a trip to and from the clinic for myself and my attendant at 10:30 AM tomorrow.
Certainly! We will send a driver to pick up you and your attendant at 10 AM.
One round trip was requested which counts as 2 trips requested.
Two passengers are on board for each trip and therefore the total number of passenger trips is 4 passenger trips