VI . TRANSIT ANALYSIS 



Potential levels of transit use by visitors to the Aquarium could be as high 

 as 1140 trips per hour during pealc summer Saturday afternoon conditions with total 

 dally Saturday ridership reaching 7320 In peak conditions. Table 10 shows the 

 number of total dally and peak hour transit users travelling to and from the 

 Aquarium on both weekdays and Saturdays. The table shows the number of riders to 

 and from the Aquarium during the hour of highest ridership. Table 11 shows the 

 hourly breakdown of transit ridership for peak weekdays and peak Saturdays. 



TABLE 10 



1994 TRANSIT RIDERSHIP 



BY NAVY YARD AQUARIUM VISITORS 



(25% TRANSIT) 



Weekday Saturday 



Dal ly 



Total 4492 7320 



Peak Hour 



Total 715 1139 



PM Peak Hour 



Total 473 N/A 



Transit access to the site can be accomplished in a number of ways. Possible 

 scenarios Include: 



o Operation of a water shuttle between Central Wharf on the Downtown 

 waterfront and Drydock #2 In the Navy Yard. Under this scenario, 

 Aquar lum visl tors would be encouraged to reach the Char iestown faci 1 i ty 

 by first travelling to downtown and then boarding a water shuttle. A 

 marketing concept which ties the boat ride to the Aquarium and other 

 Char Iestown attractions such as the USS Const I tut Ion and Bunker Hill 

 would be very important In attracting tourists to the service. 



o Operation of a shuttle bus or van system between the downtown 

 waterfront and Drydock #2 In the Navy Yard. This would serve the same 

 function as the water shuttle in the above scenario. 



o Operation of shuttle bus or van system to connect the Navy Yard to 

 nearby MBTA rapid transit and commuter rail stations. The most logical 

 points to connect would be Sullivan Square and/or Community College 

 (Orange Line North), North Station (Green Line, Orange Line South, and 

 Commuter Rail), and either Charles or Kendall on the Red Line. 



Given the origins of visitors to the Aquarium, 25X visitor arrival by means 

 other than automobile Is likely to be achieved only If both water and land based 



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