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Study finds limited weekday savings from on-demand transit; staff flags weekend routes and vehicle-size as targets
Summary
A Via Transportation study presented May 8 found no cost savings for weekday on-demand service in Waukesha; staff identified Routes 5, 6 and 15 on weekends as possible targets for smaller vehicles or changes and reported strong METROLIFT growth.
Transit staff presented the findings of an on-demand feasibility study on May 8 and recommended against wholesale weekday conversion to on-demand service after analysis by Via Transportation.
Brian Bridal, the transit presenter, said Via analyzed multiple scenarios and concluded the vendor could not identify cost-saving on-demand alternatives for weekday fixed-route service under current ridership and financial constraints. Bridal said Via instead identified two cost-neutral scenarios: replacing weekday fixed service for portions of Route 5 (southwest) and Route 15 (southeast) with on-demand operations. Via’s analysis strongly recommended against putting Route 9 on an on-demand model because it would raise costs.
“Current data, current state,” Bridal said, noting that…
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