CHESTER COUNTY/NEW CASTLE COUNTY TRANSIT SERVICE STUDY

This report examines the feasibility of establishing regularly scheduled, fixed-route bus service between points in southern Chester County/West Chester, Pennsylvania, with New Castle County/Wilmington, Delaware. The report provides: a history of local transit; inventory of early and existing services and facilities; land use; demographics; trip patterns; legal and jurisdictional implications; and funding sources. Recommendations are made to provide transit service between the two points, mainly through the extension of existing DART service along U.S. Route 202. The Study results confirm the perception that a strong orientation of southern Chester County residents towards the State of Delaware is a continuing event.

• Corporate Authors:

  Chester County Planning Commission

  The Courthouse
  West Chester, PA  United States  19380

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1984-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 75 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Demographics; Feasibility analysis; Forecasting; Land use; Public transit; Rail line extensions; Ridership
• Geographic Terms: Delaware; Pennsylvania
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Route extensions; Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386949
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM