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Consultants ask council to choose a path for transit: ridership-focused or coverage-focused network
Summary
Consultants leading Asheville’s transit Comprehensive Operational Assessment told council July 24 the city must choose how to spend fixed transit resources along a spectrum between a ridership-focused, high-frequency network and a coverage-focused, citywide lifeline network.
Consultants from Jared Walker & Associates briefed the Asheville City Council July 24 on the city’s Comprehensive Operational Assessment (COA), a study intended to test how existing transit resources can be allocated to meet local goals.
The consultant emphasized a core tradeoff: a ridership-focused network concentrates service on dense, walkable corridors with high-frequency lines to maximize trips per cost; a coverage-focused network spreads limited service across more neighborhoods but at lower frequency. Consultant Ricky Engeta said, “Frequency always comes first,” explaining that wait times, transfers and reliability are primary drivers of usefulness and of ridership.
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