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10 Because the table is complicated, some examples are given at the foot of the table to help. Remember that this analysis looks at the two-hour spaces. Vehicles which visited downtown but never used a two- hour space do not appear here. Similarly, some vehicles that used a two-hour space may have used another type of space, but only their use of two-hour spaces appears here. The vast majority of vehicles (82%) visited only once. Most of these single-visit vehicles stayed for approximately one or two hours (which is the intended use of these spaces), but some stayed longer and a few stayed all day. A small but significant number of vehicles (13%) made two visits, and few (5%) made more than two visits. The majority of vehicles (62%) never stayed beyond approximately one hour in any space. Another 20% stayed approximately two hours; we cannot tell how many of these stayed slightly beyond two hours, but it is reasonable to say that 60-80% of vehicles stayed within the rules or nearly so. At least 18% of vehicles overstayed at least once. This is a cause for concern, because it is a substantial proportion of the users. (Note that this is 18% of vehicles, whereas Table 2.4 referred to 15% of stays. This is not a discrepancy.) Table Table Table Table 2222....5555: Number of Stays, and Longest Stay, per Vehicle (Two: Number of Stays, and Longest Stay, per Vehicle (Two: Number of Stays, and Longest Stay, per Vehicle (Two: Number of Stays, and Longest Stay, per Vehicle (Two----Hour Spaces)Hour Spaces)Hour Spaces)Hour Spaces) (a) Number of vehicles(a) Number of vehicles(a) Number of vehicles(a) Number of vehicles Longest stay (hours, approx.)Longest stay (hours, approx.)Longest stay (hours, approx.)Longest stay (hours, approx.)DefiniteDefiniteDefiniteDefinite D.O. as % ofD.O. as % ofD.O. as % ofD.O. as % of StaysStaysStaysStays 1111 2222 3333 4444 5555 6666 7777 8888 TotalTotalTotalTotal OverstayerOverstayerOverstayerOverstayer this groupthis groupthis groupthis group 1111 613 160 67 22 14 3 3 12 894 121 14% 2222 50 46 30 6 3 2 1 1 139 43 31% 3333 8 8 12 6 1 - - - 35 19 54% 4444 2 5 10 3 - - - - 20 13 65% 5555 - 1 2 1 - - - - 4 3 75% 6666 -2 ------2 -0% TotalTotalTotalTotal 673 222 121 38 18 5 4 13 1,094 199 18% (b) As percentage(b) As percentage(b) As percentage(b) As percentage Longest stayLongest stayLongest stayLongest stay DefiniteDefiniteDefiniteDefinite StaysStaysStaysStays 1111 2222 3333 4444 5555 6666 7777 8888 TotalTotalTotalTotal OverstayerOverstayerOverstayerOverstayer 1111 56% 15% 6% 2% 1% 0% 0% 1% 82% 11% 2222 5% 4% 3% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 13% 4% 3333 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% - - - 3% 2% 4444 0% 0% 1% 0% - - - - 2% 1% 5555 - 0% 0% 0% - - - - 0% 0% 6666 - 0% - - - - - - 0% - TotalTotalTotalTotal 62% 20% 11% 3% 2% 0% 0% 1% 100% 18% Example: 894 vehicles (82% of total) made only one stay. This includes 613 vehicles that stayed approximately one hour or less. But it also includes 12 vehicles that stayed for approximately eight hours. Example: 139 vehicles (13% of total) made two stays. Of these, 43 (4% of total) had a longest stay of three hours or more, making them Definite Overstayers. Example: Two vehicles each made six separate stays. Neither of those vehicles stayed longer than approximately two hours in any one space. Note: For technical reasons, vehicles that stayed for longer than eight hours are included in the eight hours category. This has a negligible effect on the results. The 15% of stays in Table 2.4 is not the same measurement as the 18% of vehicles in Table 2.5; this is not a discrepancy. Vehicles with fewer stays were less likely to have an overstay than vehicles with more stays (see final column of (a)). The total number of stays was dominated by the people with fewer stays, because of their sheer weight of numbers. This is why the proportion of stays overstayed is less than the proportion of vehicles with an overstay.