MASS TRANSIT MANAGEMENT: CASE STUDIES OF THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY

The report includes six case study reports on management oriented events and developments in the MARTA system. Topics covered include establishing goals for the transit system, economic and political ramifications of fare policy decisions, internal reorganizations in MARTA, developing an arbitration process for resolving contractual disputes, and the role of marketing in the evolving system. The report should be of special use to transit planners and managers especially in larger transit properties.

• 
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/527
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Athens

  College of Business Administration
  Athens, GA  United States  30602

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Almy, T A
  • Golimbiewski, R T
  • BATES, J
  • Perkins, R F
  • Hildreth, W B
• Publication Date: 1981-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 138 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Contract administration; Contracts; Fares; Impact studies; Management; Marketing; Policy; Rapid transit; Transportation operations; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation management
• Geographic Terms: Georgia
• Old TRIS Terms: Operations management; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00347835
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-I-81-1 Final Rpt.
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 30 1982 12:00AM