LEVEL OF SERVICE AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR PUBLICO CARS FOR PONCE METROPOLITAN AREA

The purpose of this report is to present the general findings regarding the publico car system (66 percent 4-door sedans; 34 percent vans) that serves the Ponce metropolitan area, Puerto Rico, and the recommended improvement plan. Ponce is considered to be the second major city of the Island (180,046 pop.) and an important commercial, industrial, and education center (150 industries and 10,000 employees). Seventy-three authorized routes provide direct service to or within the Ponce and 922 authorized publico cars. The 38 urban and rural routes provide coverage of the major populated areas. The 35 intercity routes cover all surrounding cities including the metropolitan areas of San Juan, Caguas, and Mayaguez. This report describes the present system; future trends and projections; alternative systems such as public bus system, franchise of routes, and supplemental public service. The study findings reveal that: 1) users of the system appear relatively satisfied with the present system, and 2) drivers of the system are dissatisfied with the present system--high cost of gasoline, competition from other non-authorized drivers, lack of system homogeneity, traffic congestion, poor conditions of the highways, and general economic conditions.

• Corporate Authors:

  SYNECTICS for Management Decisions, Incorporated

  1410 Chase Manhattan Building
  Hato Rey, PR  United States  00918

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

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

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Deficits; Jitneys; Paratransit services; Quality of service; Regulations; Rural areas; Vans
• Geographic Terms: Puerto Rico
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Society; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386312
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-PR-09-0005
• Contract Numbers: PR-09-0005
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM