Performance of Coordinated and Non-Coordinated Rural Transit Systems in the Mountain-Plains Region

There has been controversy over the relative benefits of coordinating rural transit systems. Initially, it was expected that coordinated systems would experience lower costs and/or offer increased services. Some regional studies have indicated that coordinated systems do not experience decreased costs, but rather increased costs. However, no studies have analyzed the coordinated systems in the Midwest and Mountain-Plains states. The objective of this study was to examine the performance of coordinated and non-coordinated systems in the Midwest and Mountain-Plains states of Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Data were collected from several transit systems in this region to compare select performance measures. Each transit system was categorized into one of the following categories of coordination: cooperation, joint-use arrangement, consolidation, or none. The performance measures selected assessed efficiency and effectiveness of the transit systems surveyed. Results provide some support for the notion that coordinated transit systems perform with more effectiveness than non-coordinated systems in the Mountain-Plains states.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=911
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108

  Department of Transportation

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

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hough, Jill
  • Tolliver, Denver
  • Bitzan, John
• Publication Date: 1997-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 33p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coordination; Cost effectiveness; Performance measurement; Rural transit; Surveys; Transit operating agencies
• Geographic Terms: Colorado; Minnesota; Montana; North Dakota; South Dakota; Utah; Wyoming
• Subject Areas: Economics; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01680122
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC-97-76, MPC-058
• Files: UTC, TRIS, RITA, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 11 2018 11:16AM