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Transit service coverage has also deteriorated in recent years.
It is estimated that only 80% of the population of the Northeast
Sector is within walking distance (450 metres) of a bus route.
The largest neighbourhoods not served by transit include Eagle
Ridge, River Springs, Noens Creek and beth south and north sides
of Port Coquitlam. If the Barnet corridor is considered separate
from Western Coquitlam, transit service coverage extends to only
72% of the corridor population.

4.2.2 1985/86 Strategies for Northeast Sector

The Annual Service Plan has proposed the establishment of a
ridership target on the Barnet corridor for 1985/86. The Barnet
corridor was selected for the following reasons:

i) The Barnet corridor is growing rapidly in terms of overall
travel demand (forecast 4.5% for 1985/96).

ii) Existing peak hour bus ridership is very high, with some
loads exceeding the service design guidelines.

Many new residential areas (ie. Eagle Ridge, River Springs)
are not served by transit.

iv) The Barnet corridor is not significantly impacted by ALRT
during the first phase of operation.

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It is proposed that transit should accommodate all new growth in
travel demand on the corridor in 1985/86. This will involve koth
filling existing availabie capacity and providing additional
capacity to meet the projected demand. Based on the above the
following ridership targets have been established:

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Increase transit mode split from 25% to 29%
Increase peak period transit ridership by 19%
Accommodate an additional 210 peak period transit trips

4.2.3 Proposed 1985/86 Service Changes

A number of service changes have been proposed to routes in the
Northeast Sector in order to achieve the ridership target. The
changes, for the most part, involve improving peak period service
to capture new trips while at the same time allowing for
implementation of the service design guidelines to ensure that
existing services are. operating efficiently and effectively.

The objective of generating a 19% growth in peak period ridership
can best be achieved by focussing on the following areas:

Increase transit capacity during peak periods on the Barnet
corridor »etween the Northeast Sector and Vancouver.

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