Correction: Buckhead CID Still Reviewing Ridership Data

11:54 am. The Buckhead Community Improvement District (CID) is still reviewing its ridership data that was presented during Tuesday's CID board meeting.

Patch had originally reported that ridership had doubled on the Buckhead Uptown Connection (BUC) since the system .

However, , executive director of Livable Buckhead and the Buckhead Transportation Management Association, told Patch Wednesday morning that data is still being compiled and will be analyzed more thoroughly in the future.

“I am shocked by these numbers,” Starling said when she first presented the figures on Tuesday.

BUC’s service contract was awarded earlier this year to American Coach Lines. At the same time, several other changes were implemented, including simplifying some routes; station upgrades; and changing the look of the buses themselves.

The changes were born out of a 2011 study to make sure the BUC was optimized to cost-effectively provide the best possible service. The changes were designed to increase service frequency during the peak hours of use — weekday morning and afternoon rush hours — by eliminating lunch hour and Saturday service.

One primary route was also connected directly to MARTA rail stations and major employment locations along Peachtree, Piedmont and Lenox Roads.

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