METHODS FOR THE INEXPENSIVE ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION OF TRANSIT DATA: PROGRAM REVIEW

This report provides a brief overview of a 1975-76 UMTA demonstration program which explored the feasibility and desirability of collection passenger-oriented data for service planning and analysis. It outlines the goals of the project, describes the data collection and analysis techniques examined, and highlights a wide range of potential applications for the data. These include the development of service standards, estimation of the market for transit, evaluation of market penetration and service effectiveness, route financial analysis, and route planning and scheduling. The report includes a list of typical questions that can be answered with the data and a facsimile of a survey which was used to solicit socioeconomic and tripmaking data from a sample of San Fernando Valley transit riders.

• Corporate Authors:

  Cents, Incorporated

  Los Angeles, CA  United States 

  Southern California Rapid Transit District

  425 South Main Street
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90013
• Publication Date: 1976-2

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Data collection; Demonstration projects; Federal assistance programs; Federal government; Market research; Mathematical analysis; Performance evaluations; Public transit; Routes; Standards; Surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Federal programs
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00377215
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1983 12:00AM