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Examining the Influence of Multidestination Service Orientation on Transit Service Productivity: A Multivariate Analysis

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01091366

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00494488

Abstract:

Although transit agencies added service in the decade between 1990 and 2000, the ridership increase failed to keep pace with the service increase, resulting in a decline in service productivity. Studies partly attribute this phenomenon to transit agency decisions to decentralize their service rather than focus on serving the traditional central business district market. The current paper investigates whether a non-traditional, decentralized service orientation, called multidestination service, results in reduced service productivity. The authors found that, although the trend toward productivity declines is continuing, metropolitan areas whose transit agencies pursued a multidestination service orientation did not experience lower productivity and in many cases experienced higher productivity as a result of this service decision.

Language:

English

Authors:

Brown, Jeffrey R

Florida State University, Tallahassee

Thompson, Gregory L

Florida State University, Tallahassee

Pagination:

pp 237-252

Publication Date:

2008-3

Serial:

Transportation: Planning, Policy, Research, Practice

Volume: 35
Issue Number: 2
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 0049-4488
EISSN: 1572-9435
Serial URL: http://www.springer.com/economics/regional+science/journal/11116

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (1) ; References; Tables (6)

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

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Apr 23 2008 9:22AM

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