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DATA/FACT SHEET * Cheiriots carry approximately 12,000 trips per day, Monday through Friday, and 5000 saturday trips * The heaviest "pulses" -- all routes arriving downtown within a 5 to 10 minute period -- carry a range of 600 to 900 riders * Two-thirds of a pulse's riders (400 to 600) are disembarking in the downtown/capital mall area (one third get off before reaching downtown, or are transfeiring through) * An estimated two-thirds of the disembarking riders might get off at a downtown bus stop prior to reaching PGE or may transfer to another route, and would not need to utilize a shuttle vehicle * The remaining riders, about 130 to 200 per pulse, would teiminate their ride at the h~ansit center and would need to trans£er to shuttle service to access the downtown/mall area. * Using a full seated ]oad of 36 persons, the Dishict would need to operate a fleet of 4 to 6 shuttle buses to efficiently distribute the riders to the downtown/mall area * Operating 4 to 6 buses for ]3 hours per day (fewer on saturdays), 307 days per year, would range from $560,000 to $838,000 in direct operating expenses. * The Dish-ict has no extra vehicles available in the peak periods, and would add 5 to 7 buses to provide the equipment needed to operate the shuttle system. Cost, $1,000,000 to $1,400,000. * None of the increased operating costs would be covered by existing state or federal funding. The entire cost would be paid by local taxes. The District's existing tax base would have to increase from its current $2.1 million base to $2.66 to $2.94 million--a 25% to 40°/a increase in local property taxes.