An Assessment of Public Transportation Markets Using NHTS Data

This study assesses a range of public transit markets for Florida and the U.S. as a whole. Data from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey are used. The public transit markets are defined with trip purpose and seven personal, household and travel characteristics of persons in these transit markets, including driver status, immigration status, existence of medical conditions that make it difficult to travel out of the house, household income, vehicle availability, race and ethnicity, and monthly frequency of transit use. Based on an approach of cross tabulations, this study assesses these transit markets from five perspectives: 1. Market Size - how the overall transit market is distributed across these transit sub-markets. 2. Modal Share - how people within each transit market travel using various modes, including transit. 3. Attitudes - how people within each transit market feel about a set of transportation issues 4. Socio-Demographics - personal, household, location, and travel characteristics of transit markets 5. Trip Characteristics - transit-specific and general trip characteristics of transit markets. The assessment of Florida is limited to the first three perspectives due to sample size issues. The results presented are useful to operating agencies for strategic planning and to other government bodies for developing policies and funding programs for improving mobility of those who are transportation and economically disadvantaged and for improving the transportation system in general.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.5038/CUTR-NCTR-RR-2010-08
• Record URL:
  https://fdotwww.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/research/reports/fdot-bdk85-977-17-rpt.pdf
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• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Center for Transit Research

  Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida
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  Florida Department of Transportation

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• Authors:
  • Chu, Xuehao
• Publication Date: 2012-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 147p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Demographics; Evaluation and assessment; Markets; Modal split; Strategic planning; Transit operating agencies; Travel behavior; Trip purpose
• Identifier Terms: National Household Travel Survey
• Geographic Terms: Florida; United States
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01370068
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NCTR778-03, FDOT BDK85 977-17, NCTR779-20
• Contract Numbers: DTRS98-G-0032 (Grant)
• Files: UTC, TRIS, RITA, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 16 2012 3:05PM