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<br />Appendix M. <br />Regional Transit Standards <br /> <br />Transit Market Areas <br /> <br />While several factors influence the propensity to use transit, the primary predictors of transit <br />productivity are density of origination and destination. There are four categories of transit <br />markets in the metropolitan area. Transit markets in the Twin Cities are identified using four <br />primary criteria: 1) population density, 2) employment concentration and job density, 3) trip <br />volumes and patterns, and 4) transit dependent segments of the population. Different types and <br />levels of transit services should be used for each transit market area. <br /> <br />The region has four distinct market areas. Transit Market Area I has the highest density of <br />population and employment, and is able to effectively support frequent regular route transit <br />service. Because this is the most productive transit service area in the region, it should also be <br />the area that receives a prioritized investment of transit resources. <br /> <br />Transit Market Area Area Characteristics <br />Area I Population Density = 15 or more persons/acre (or) <br /> Job Density = 50 or more jobs/acre and 10,000 more contiguous iobs <br />Area II Population Density = 9 to 14.9 persons/acre augmented by contiguous High <br /> Transit Dependencv areas <br />Area III Population Density = 5 to 8.9 persons/acre (excluding isolated pockets) <br /> augmented by: <br /> (a) Contiguous areas with Job Density = 10 to 49 jobs/acre and 3,000 or more <br /> contiguous jobs <br /> Or <br /> (b) Contiguous areas with Major Travel destinations: 50 or more non-home <br /> bound trips/acre <br />ArealV Ponnlation Density less than 5 nersons/acre <br />Pockets Areas meeting at least one of the following: <br /> 1. Population Density = more than 5 persons/acre (isolated pockets only) <br /> 2. Job Density = 10 to 49 jobs/acre and 3,000 or more contiguous jobs <br /> (isolated pockets only) <br /> 3. Major Travel destinations: 50 or more non-home bound trips/acre (isolated <br /> pockets only) <br /> 4. High Transit Denendencv areas (isolated pockets onlv) <br /> <br />Transit Market Area II has high to moderate population and employment densities yielding a <br />market area that is conducive to regular route operations and also other forms of transit service <br />delivery. <br /> <br />The lower population and employment densities of Transit Market Areas III, IV, and Pocket areas increase the <br />complexity and challenge of matching transit service to transit need. Due to the lower concentrated demand, it <br />becomes more difficult to provide efficient transit service at reasonable costs in these areas. In the longer term to <br />meet transit needs in suburban and rural settings, we need to promote the right type of land use and development <br />densities that can sustain transit operations. <br /> <br />T-9 <br />