TRANSIT MODEL FOR POPE, CONWAY, YELL, PERRY, JOHNSON, AND LOGAN COUNTIES (WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS). FINAL REPORT

The study area consists of six rural counties in west central Arkansas. Arkansans have the highest usage of gasoline per registered vehicle in the U.S. and little public demand for transit service. Private industry and public agencies worked together on developing a viable transit model for the 6-county area which is undergoing a transition from an agrarian to an industrial economy. Feasible plans include the starting of a small transit system based in Russellville which would concentrate on work trip and school commuting with fixed-route operation in the Russellville/Dardanelle area in mid-day. Consolidation and brokerage of existing human-service agency transportation services and an umbrella agency to assist interested entities with vanpooling would also be introduced. As potential alternatives, it was recommended that existing human-service agency transportation be consolidated under one agency or that industry vanpools be established by interested private agencies.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transit Management and Consulting Company, Inc

  P.O. Box 24006
  Fort Worth, TX  United States  76112
• Publication Date: 1982-12

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures;
• Pagination: 150 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brokerage; Coordination; Employers; Feasibility analysis; Fixed routes; Paratransit services; Public transit; Rural areas; Travel demand; Vanpools
• Geographic Terms: Arkansas
• Old TRIS Terms: Fixed-route transit; Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380787
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-AR-09-8008
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 29 1984 12:00AM