REPLANNING EXISTING RURAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

A commitment to provide accountable, effective, and responsive transportation services can best be supported by hard factual data concerning effectiveness and efficiency measures. Based on an analysis of system goals versus current performance, a transit system manager can preserve, enhance, alter, or terminate system operations. Methods of improving effectiveness and efficiency are discussed along with methods of handling six common problems: lower ridership than expected, low vehicle use, low revenues, basic changes required, cash flow, and use of incorrect or inappropriate types of vehicles.

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• Authors:
  • Burkhardt, Jon E
• Conference:
  • Fifth National Conference on Rural Public Transportation
  • Location: Arcata California, United States
  • Date: 1981-8-18 to 1981-8-20
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 37-42
• Monograph Title: Rural public transportation: fifth national conference proceedings
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 831
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic efficiency; Level of service; Management; Performance evaluations; Quality of service; Revenues; Ridership; Rural areas; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Old TRIS Terms: Operations management
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349744
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030903308X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 30 1982 12:00AM