This is a brief section that discusses the visual bus stop data and its results. This is separated into two sections, the first one is the brief, the second section includes a bus stop interactive map to view how the bus stops look on site.

Data Collection, Ridership, and Popular Times

The data for the visual bus stop survey were collected by a group of University of San Francisco graduate student volunteers who were stationed at select bus stops in Chinatown to observe and record the number of people coming on and off the bus over a one-month period. The select stops were: 1 - California Stockton & Clay, 1 - California Stockton & Sacramento, T - Rose Pak Station, the 8/30/45 Stockton & Washington stops across from each other, the 12 Broadway & Stockton, and the 12 Pacific & Stockton.

The recorded data has shown us a story of how transit is utilized at select stops in Chinatown. In Figure 1, we see how ridership at 8 AM, 3 PM, and 4 PM, 12 PM also receives a decent number of ridership, and at 7 AM, we see a larger proportion of people getting off at Chinatown than leaving. This finding is confirmed by Figure 3, where we have the largest number of people getting off the bus on average compared to all other stops.

Generally, we are seeing more Offs than Ons, which can represent that there is demand and interest for people to come to Chinatown. Figure 2 shows each stop’s On and Off numbers that were collected. Here we see that the T Subway line moves the largest number of people, at over 1,000 people, during the collection period. Meanwhile, the stop that brings in the most people to Chinatown would be the 1 California - Stockton & Clay stop, while at the same time has the least amount of Ons relative to the other stops. Based on that fact, this stop is most likely a destination stop for many. It was noted by the students that children and parents typically ride the bus during the morning and evening, most likely to go to school and come home from school.