TRANSIT SERVICES IN COASTAL RECREATION AREAS (ABRIDGMENT)

In recent years, there has been considerable interest in the provision of transit service at coastal recreation sites. Despite this interest, and a number of local experiments in providing such services, there has been little previous study of the role of transit in coastal recreation areas. The results of a nationwide survey of planning agencies and transit operators conducted to gather information about existing (and recently discontinued) coastal transit services are reported. Results include information about the relation between recreation-site characteristics and the type of service offered, design characteristics of coastal transit services (route structures, fares, headways, etc.,) operating results (ridership, costs, and revenue), and commonly encountered operational problems. Quantitative information about some of these items is difficult to obtain and does not form a suitable basis for generalization; however, it is possible to identify, in qualitative terms, some of the factors that contribute to the success or failure of coastal transit services and some of the operational problems characteristic of them.

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• Authors:
  • Banks, James H
  • Stutz, Frederick P
  • Jabbari, Iraj
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 130-132
• Monograph Title: Urban public transportation planning issues
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 877
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Buses; Charter operations; Feeder buses; Fixed routes; Operating costs; Public transit; Recreational facilities; Ridership; Rural areas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00372429
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309034655
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 29 1983 12:00AM