Estimates of Capital Metro week day ridership.
Underlined numbers are from Cap Metro or Comptrollers Office
Year 2006 CM Budget
http://www.capmetro.org/docs/Budget.pdf
2006 1997
27   million boardings per year 19
27000000   boardings per year on fixed route service 19000000
       
       
250   work days per year 250
       
108000   boardings per work day 76000
2.8   boardings per person day ( assumed )  2.8
       
38571   estimated persons riding per weekday 27143
       
       
20000   assumed riding to city center 20000
       
18571   Riding to jobs OUTSIDE city center, assumed 7143
       
       
7   million UT shuttle boardings 7.4
7000000   UT shuttle boardings 7400000
220   est school days 220
2   est boardings per UT shuttle rider 2
       
15909   est typical school day riders by UT students 16818
The estimate of 27000 weekday riders for 1997 comes from  http://www.cpa.state.tx.us/tpr/capmet/intro.htm
The audit also mentions 19 million boardings per year on fixed route service. 
working with these numbers I get 2.8 boardings per rider day
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