Business Plan for West River Transit Authority Inc. d/b/a Prairie Hills Transit : Spearfish, South Dakota

Long range planning is crucial for any organization, but it is especially important for rural transit systems that have small staffs where one person may possess all the institutional knowledge that keeps things running. Unfortunately, the smallness of these organizations may also demand so much of an administrator's time for day-to-day operations that long-term planning needs go unrecognized and/or unmet. This report addresses the long-range planning needs of a rural transit system by preparing a business plan that identifies existing mobility services and unmet mobility needs and then outlines a plan for meeting related needs in the future. The plan also prepares corresponding operating and capital budgets and identifies potential funding sources. It also presents recommendations that are specific to local operations. Related items include matters such as organizational structure, staff training, succession planning, vehicle replacement, service expansion, and marketing.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=639
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64351
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This report was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  Small Urban and Rural Transit Center, North Dakota State University, P.O. Box 6050
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108-6050

  South Dakota Department of Transportation

  700 East Broadway Avenue
  Pierre, SD  United States  57501

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Miller, James H
  • Mielke, Jon
  • Scott, Marc
• Publication Date: 2009-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Tables;
• Pagination: 72p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business practices; Long range planning; Needs assessment; Regional transportation; Rural transit; Transit operating agencies
• Identifier Terms: Prairie Hills Transit
• Geographic Terms: South Dakota
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01456623
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SP-172
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 11 2012 11:55AM