DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD TRANSIT PROFILES

The California Department of Transportation project developed a single accessible transit data base which can be updated annually. This pilot data base includes a comprehensive printed listing of 287 public transit and paratransit operators including address, contact person, and ridership information. For 169 largest operators (those with an annual ridership over 25,000), other information is provided on General System and Service Area characteristics, Fleet Operations, Financial Data and Vehicle Needs, Employee Data, and Performance Statistics. These "profiles" can be used by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for statewide transit planning, for technical assistance, and in special programs such as pooled vehicle purchases. Other transportation planning agencies may find the data base useful in assessing regional needs and monitoring regional performance trends. The operators themselves, particularly the smaller ones, will be able to compare their own financial and operating performance with that of similar operators.

• Corporate Authors:

  Ruth and Going, Incorporated

  San Jose, CA  United States 

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  California Department of Transportation

  1120 N Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814
• Authors:
  • Markowitz, F
  • Kaplan, J
  • Landberg, D
• Publication Date: 1983-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 112 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fleet management; Paratransit services; Peer groups; Performance; Planning; Productivity; Public transit; Ridership; Statistics; Transit operating agencies; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Performance indicators
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Fleet planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381552
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-CA/MT-83/117 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UMTA-CA-09-8006
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 29 1984 12:00AM