PEER COMPARISONS IN TRANSIT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

A methodlogy by which to group urbanized areas for the purpose of peer comparisons in transit performance evaluation is presented. A suitable basis for grouping was found to be those market and environmental variables that effectively constrain attainable performance levels. By using U.S. Bureau of the Census data for 1980, homogenous clusters of urbanized areas were formed and the key market and environmental variables were reduced by means of of factor analysis to one size index. Reporting-system data as outlined in Section 15 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 were used both to evaluate adequacy of the grouping scheme and to establish attainable target performance levels. General relationships were observed between the mean transit performance of the peer groups and their mean size indices. It was concluded that regression models were the most effective way to eliminate the effects of market and environmental dissimilarities in establishing target performance levels. Models relating individual performance measures to significant market and environmental variables were calibrated for each peer group.

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• Authors:
  • Vaziri, Manouchehr
  • Deacon, John A
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 13-21
• Monograph Title: Transit performance evaluation and auditing
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 961
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Census; Data collection; Demographics; Management; Peer groups; Performance; Performance evaluations; Policy; Productivity; Public transit; Regression analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Performance indicators
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical method; Management policies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391930
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309037174
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 30 1985 12:00AM