TCRP Projects: Declines in Transit Ridership: Analysis of Recent Trends
Even before COVID-19, and despite population growth and stable employment, U.S. transit ridership declined in a confounding pattern not seen in other countries. This article presents highlights from TCRP Research Report 209: Analysis of Recent Public Transit Ridership Trends and TCRP Project A-43, an ongoing project that employs a two-phase approach to consider changes at system, route, and stop levels. In Phase 1 of Project A-43 researchers determined that the four main sources of net transit ridership decline between 2012 and 2018 were: income and household characteristics changed, bus and rail travel became more expensive, driving became less expensive, and new modes competed with bus and rail. Phase 2 analyzed the change in route- and stop-level transit ridership data for a handful of cities. These case studies uncovered several key points: transit should be given priority, agencies should get creative with fare policies and prices, micromobility has limited impacts on transit ridership, and transit ridership was peaking. The article concludes with a discussion of possible longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on future transit ridership.
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Authors:
- Watkins, Kari Edison
- Brakewood, Candace
- Erhardt, Greg
- Berrebi, Simon
- Hemily, Brendon
- Publication Date: 2021-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 32-37
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Serial:
- TR News
- Issue Number: 332
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0738-6826
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Case studies; COVID-19; Forecasting; Public transit; Research projects; Ridership; Trend (Statistics)
- Identifier Terms: Transit Cooperative Research Program
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01773686
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Jun 3 2021 9:21AM