These figures illustrate the important role the Trolley plays in serving special events and the importance of ridership from these events to the Trolley. The system carried 40,662 riders for the 2003 Super Bowl and some 1.3 million riders for the other Super Bowl events over four days. Examples of ridership during major special events include the seven games of the 1998 Major League Baseball playoffs and World Series, which accounted for 186,256 riders. Special events accounted for about 1.5 million or 6 percent of the total. System ridership in Fiscal Year 2003 was approximately 25 million. The Trolley also serves the Gaslamp Quarter, which hosts Street Scene, Mardi Gras, and Super Bowl activities. The Trolley also serves downtown venues, including the Padres' new PETCO Park, which opened in 2004, and the Convention Center, which hosts events like the San Diego Auto Show and Comic Con. It also hosts motor sports, like Supercross and Monster Trucks, and concerts like the Rolling Stones. The stadium was the site for Super Bowl XXXII in 1998 and Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003, and the 1998 Major League Baseball playoffs and World Series. The Trolley serves Qualcomm Stadium, home of the Chargers football team, the Padres baseball team through 2003, and the San Diego State University (SDSU) football team. The Trolley serves a number of event venues in San Diego. More than 1.5 million passenger trips were carried to and from special events in 2003. Some 7,962 train trips are operated annually to serve special events, accounting for 6 percent of the total train trips. The Trolley operated some 100,313-train miles or 3.7 percent of total annual train-miles to serve these events. There are some 120 significant special events annually in San Diego. He also highlighted some of the issues that may need to be considered by transit agencies serving special events. He provided an overview of special events in the city and operation of the Trolley for these events. Tom Doogan discussed operations of the San Diego Trolley, the light rail transit (LRT) system, during major planned special events. San Diego Trolley Operations During Major Planned Special Events Jeff Corley, North Carolina Department of Transportation, Presiding Managing Travel for Planned Special Events: First National Conference ProceedingsīREAKOUT SESSIONS - TRANSIT AND TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT
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