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12 SURVEY A total of 32 of 40 (80%) transit agencies from across the United States and Canada completed the electronic survey 2016 (see Appendix A)
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13 TABLe 4 NUMBer OF BUS STOpS BY TYpe No. of Bus Stops Type No.
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14 • population dependent on public transit, • ADA accessibility, • park N ride, and • express routes. According to the survey responses, nine of 11 large agencies identify priority bus stops during extreme weather; three of the ten medium agencies do not.
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15 even those in the most comfortable climates have the potential to experience high heat. Two agencies reported that they do not experience extreme weather at any of their bus stops, although their qualitative responses indicated otherwise.
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16 CASE EXAMPlE: St. loUiS tRACKS EXtREME WEAtHER FoR RiDERSHiP PAttERNS To provide a better understanding of the time and effects of extreme weather, St.
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17 As shown in the literature review, climate change is occurring and extreme weather is becoming the new norm. When agencies were asked if the number of extreme weather events has increased within the past 5 to 10 years, 15 (47%)
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18 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 Snow Ice Heat Rain Wind Mud Slide Hurricane FIGURE 10 What extreme weather events have increased in number over in recent years? Source: Thomson Consulting.
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