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COB Students Hired to Survey Bus Passengers Marc Ingraham of the Transportation Planning and Policy Unit is pictured (first from left) along with some of the students employed by the Road Traffic Department to conduct a Bus Passenger Origin/Destination Survey. Also shown standing at far back (left) is Albie Hope, consultant and Margo Adderley, administrator. (BIS photo/Letisha Henderson) 11 February 2010 Aiming to fulfil its mandate to reduce traffic congestion on the streets of New Providence, particularly Bay Street, the Road Traffic Department is conducting a Bus Passenger Origin/Destination Survey. "The main objective of the survey is to quantify the number of bus passengers whose destination is the Bay Street area and the amount of bus passengers who only use Bay Street to transfer from one bus to another," said Marc Ingraham of the Transportation Planning and Policy Unit. Twenty-one students from The College of The Bahamas and the Bahamas Baptist College have been employed as enumerators to conduct the three-day survey. The Road Traffic Department held an orientation for the students on February 4. Mr Ingraham explained that the information received will be used to determine the percentage of bus passengers whose destination is the Bay Street area and the percentage of those who do not need to pass through Bay Street to get to their final destination. "Should the higher percentage of passengers fall into the transit category, in collaboration with bus passengers, it will be possible to identify potential transit jitney terminals that are not on Bay Street. This would help to reduce traffic congestion while improving the quality of service offered by bus transportation," Mr Ingraham said. He noted that the survey results will also provide a greater understanding of bus passenger needs including travel patterns. "The needs could lead to new bus routes being established should the volume of bus passenger traffic warrant such additional routes," Mr Ingraham said. The enumerators will cover 21 routes during the hours of 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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