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MILESTONES...
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Milestone |
Date
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Description
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March
31, 2006
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The Shuttle produces 143 rides in a single day - the highwater mark will stand for a little over six months. |
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March
25, 2006
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The Shuttle delivers its 20,000th passenger. It took 29 weeks to produce the first 10,000 rides - but only 20 to produce the next 10k. |
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Oct.
25, 2005
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The Shuttle delivers its 10,000th passenger. Volume cycles are beginning to compress. It took 18 weeks to produce the first 5,000 rides - the next 5,000 came 11 weeks later |
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Sept.
24, 2005
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The Community Connection transit portfolio turns in its first 1,000+ ride week. Of the 1,050 we produced, 651 (62%) were delivered on The Shuttle. |
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Aug.
10, 2005
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The Shuttle delivers its 5,000th passenger. |
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Aug.
9, 2005
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The Shuttle delivers 116 rides in a single shift. This record will stand for more than seven months. |
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July
2, 2005
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The Shuttle demonstration project ends. Total transit volume among seniors (those age 60 or over) has grown 6%. Rides to passengers living with disabilities have grown 19%. Trips consumed by general public passengers are up 73%. The demonstration project average of 651 rides per week (294 seniors, 276 general public and 81 passengers with disabilities) becomes the new benchmark. It will be obliterated in the coming weeks. |
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June
15 , 2005
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The Shuttle breaks the century mark for the first time with exactly 100 riders in one day. In a climate where breaking records seems to occur daily, this highwater mark will stand for almost 2 full months |
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May
13, 2005
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Less than a month into its demonstration project The Shuttle records 71 rides in a day - the first time that the daily average exceeded the six ride per hour benchmark that the design consultants said would be indicative of a successful system. The consultants estimated it would take six months to reach this volume level. |
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April
18, 2005
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After many years of planning and development The Shuttle, fixed route public transit system launches serving La Grande and Island City. The system produced 41 rides on its first day (209 during its first week). |
