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The Fenway Area
The Fenway Area
The Fenway area (the area of Boston around Fenway Park) is where the Orange Line, Green Line, buses, and Commuter Rail bring passengers to where they need to be. This is also a very busy area because of all of the surrounding colleges, with kids who want to get places efficiently, and also Fenway Park. Being such a congested area, we needed to do some research on how frequently trains and buses came through each station to get an idea of what we were dealing with in terms of traffic. This was especially helpful for the Green Line, which is a light rail train, and it operates above ground, sharing road space with cars, bicycles, and pedestrians. This is a safety issue we need to address.
General Facts:
General Facts:
- 1.32 Million people take the MBTA every weekday. It is also very crowded and it is uncomfortable to ride in sometimes, mainly during rush hour.
- The annual ridership of the heavy rail lines (red, orange, blue line) in 2016 was 172,105,800
- The annual ridership of the light rail lines (green line and trolley) in 2016 was 69,236,700
- The annual ridership of the commuter rail was 33,749,600 in 2016
- On average, people rated the MBTA service a 3.39 out of 5 in 2017.
- The yearly budget of the MBTA is 2.02 billion dollars, but they are currently around 5 billion dollars in debt.
- The subway system scored a 77 percent reliability, the commuter rail scored a 90 percent reliability and the bus system recorded a 75 percent reliability in 2017.
Breakdown of modes of transportation:
Breakdown of modes of transportation:
- Subway: 59%
- Bus: 30%
- Commuter Rail: 9%
- The RIDE: 0.6%
- Ferry: 0.4%
The months where average weekday trips are the highest are mid-March, early September, and late October.
Goal: To make the T more reliable and less congested for commuters in the Fenway area.
Goal: To make the T more reliable and less congested for commuters in the Fenway area.
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