Project Progress Report

Service Availability Data Collected

Path and Coverage Data

The following parameters were measured:

Path

Length of the physical route that the public transport vehicle follows to reach its destination using
GPS data along the route Length of route obtained from GIS route length.

Path Length = 3446m (3.446 km)

Arc GIS Pro

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Coverage Area

This area is defined as the air distance within 400 m of a bus stop. Any location within 400 m of
the area served by deviated fixed-route bus service is also considered to be covered. GPS
coordinates collected at all the bus stops along the route. The calculation of the transit service
coverage area can be performed relatively easily by GIS software, using the software’s buffering
feature to draw appropriately sized (400m radius) circles around transit stops.

Bus stops information

GPS data mapped on
route.

Arc GIS Pro

Bus stops buffer zones 400m

radii

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Service Frequency Data

A Measure of how often the public transport service is provided. Service frequency will be
calculated as average value of the number of runs scheduled for each hour of the day. It is a
function of the average headway among the public transport vehicles expressed in minutes.

Data has been recorded through manual counting of the public transport vehicles passing a point
on the in 30 minute intervals.

TRAFFIC COUNT FORM 1

Name of Road: MUBAS to Yannex Interval: 30min
Date: 1 Aug 2023 Enumerator: Brian Trapence

Time Frequency Frequency

Interval (Direction: Blantyre (Direction: Limbe
to Limbe) to Blantyre)
6:00 am – 6:30 am 17 15
6:30 am – 7:00 am 58 33
7:00 am – 7:30 am 76 50
7:30 am – 8:00 am 92 66
8:00 am – 8:30 am 94 64
8:30 am – 9:00 am 89 82
9:00 am – 9:30 am 79 62
9:30 am – 10:00 am 68 82

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 TRAFFIC COUNT FORM 2
Name of Road: MUBAS to Yannex Interval: 30min
Date: 1 Aug 2023 Enumerator: Brian Trapence

Time Frequency Frequency

Interval (Direction: Blantyre (Direction: Limbe
to Limbe) to Blantyre)
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm 101 75
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm 78 78
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm 65 74
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm 73 71
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm 66 73
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm 65 76
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm 61 82
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm 62 70

TRAFFIC COUNT FORM 3

Name of Road: MUBAS to Yannex Interval: 30min
Date: 2 Aug 2023 Enumerator: Brian Trapence

Time Frequency Frequency

Interval (Direction: Blantyre (Direction: Limbe
to Limbe) to Blantyre)

6:00 am – 6:30 am 30 22
6:30 am – 7:00 am 55 27
7:00 am – 7:30 am 50 44
7:30 am – 8:00 am 99 53
8:00 am – 8:30 am 87 55
8:30 am – 9:00 am 92 86
9:00 am – 9:30 am 85 59
9:30 am – 10:00 am 75 71

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 TRAFFIC COUNT FORM 4
Name of Road: MUBAS to Yannex Interval: 30min
Date: 2 Aug 2023 Enumerator: Brian Trapence

Time Frequency Frequency

Interval (Direction: Blantyre (Direction: Limbe
to Limbe) to Blantyre)
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm 94 69
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm 75 80
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm 67 62
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm 79 68
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm 78 85
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm 52 63
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm 55 71
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm 65 72

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