5 West MarkhamRoute 5 is a radial route that travels between downtown Little Rock and areas west, including the Walmart and Sam’s Club on Bowman Road. Route 5 connects several key destinations, includingDoctors Building, the Veterans Hospital, Arkansas State Hospital, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, CHI St. Vincent Infirmary and Midtown Target.

SERVICE PATTERNS: Route 5 operates with one consistent alignment from the River Cities Travel Center along 7th Street terminating at Walmart. Route 5 buses travel primarily along 7th Street, Capitol Avenue, and Markham Street. Passengers may transfer from Route 5 to Routes 3, 9, 21 and 22 at the Midtown transfer hub on Midtown Avenue.

SCHEDULE: Service operates on weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES AND OPPORTUNITIESSTRENGTHS:• Service is direct and connects downtown with several important destinations and employment opportunities.• Route serves a diverse mix of destinations and land uses.• Highest weekday ridership productivity among METRO routes.

WEAKNESSES:• Average operating speed on the route is slow, making travel times long. • Slow travel speeds make service frequency irregular.

OPPORTUNITIES:• Route 5 is a good candidate for enhanced bus or bus rapid transit (BRT) treatments to speed up service and increase the

passenger experience for the largest segment of METRO riders. Treatments may include dedicated lanes, prioritization at intersections, stop consolidation, enhanced passenger amenities and specialized vehicles.

• Short of BRT, implement street-level improvements and consolidate bus stops to improve travel times.

RIDERSHIP: Route 5 is METRO’s highest ridership route, with 885 passengers per weekday. Ridership is highest during the afternoon peak period; morning ridership is also strong.

PERFORMANCE: Route 5 is the best performing route in terms of overall ridership and ridership per trip. It ranks 7th in terms of weekdayriders per revenue vehicle hour:

SERVICE DESIGN:

Span of Service Typical Headway (minutes) One-Way Trips

Weekdays 5:22 a.m.-8 p.m. 47

Early AM Before 6:15 a.m. 30 4

AM Peak 6:15-8:15 a.m. 30 7

Midday 8:15 a.m.-3:15 p.m. 40 22

PM Peak 3:15-6:15 p.m. 35 9

Evening/Night 6:15 p.m. and Later 45 5

Saturdays 5:25 a.m.-6:20 p.m. 35 45

Sundays 9:12 a.m.-4 p.m. 45 20

Weekday Saturday Sunday

Value Rank Value Rank Value Rank

Ridership 885 1 561 4 212 4

Riders per Revenue Vehicle 19.4 7 14.6 7 16.9 7

Rider/Trip 18.1 1 12.5 3 10.6 4

Value Comment

Directness (end-to-end vs. most direct route) 1.1 Ranked 9th – Deviates to trip generators

Average Speed (mph) 11.0 Ranked 25th – Very slow

Stop Spacing (stops per mile) 6.4 Ranked 20th – Frequent stops slow service

Schedule Convenience (best headway) 30 Typically 40 minutes

Schedule Regularity Fairly Regular Irregular schedule during PM peak

Weekday rank is of 26 routes; Saturday, of 22 routes; and Sunday, of 13 routes

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