ORANGE COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT ON-BOARD SURVEY
The Orange County Transit District conducted an On-Board Survey of its passengers on Nov. 17-20 and Nov. 24, 1987, during the morning runs. About 49,000 questionnaires were distributed on the District’s fixed route and Dial-a-Ride vehicles. More than 17,000 usable surveys were returned by fixed-route passengers; Dial-a-Ride passengers returned about 1,300.
The chart below details OCTD ridership trip origins and bus boardings for the busiest cities within the system’s jurisdiction. Trip origins is defined as “where riders come from before boarding the bus,” while bus boardings is where riders actually get on the bus. More than three-fourths of all trip origins and bus boardings occur in the north and central portions of the county.
TRIP ORIGINS BUS BOARDINGS Ridership % Ridership % Santa Ana 29,892 28 30,212 28 Anaheim 14,680 14 14,787 14 Costa Mesa 7,340 7 7,553 7 Garden Grove 6,808 6 6,064 6 Huntington Beach 6,064 6 6,383 6 Orange 5,106 5 5,532 5 Fullerton 4,787 5 5,213 5 Westminster 3,298 3 3,723 4 Buena Park 2,447 2 2,340 2 TOTAL 80,422 76 81,807 77
Source: NuStats Inc.; Orange County Transit District
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