TRANSIT MONITORING AND OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENTS STUDY. GREATER BRIDGEPORT TRANSIT DISTRICT

The Greater Bridgeport Transit District (GBTD) conducted a base line data collection study in 1980 in order to establish route profiles for the existing system and to assist in the development of service improvements. The objectives of this study are 1) to update those route profiles, 2) to implement a system for monitoring route performance, and 3) to analyze existing transit services in order to develop service improvements resulting in a more efficient and effective transit system. This report reviews the GBTD-1980 methodology and other industry practices, and develops a recommended practice for GBTD. The study also provides a complete set of route profiles and recommendations for transit service improvements. Basically, the study developed a program that provided for an overall level of accuracy (system-wide) that satisfied the 1983 Section 15 reporting requirements as well as a higher degree of precision for data elements critical to fixed-route planning options.

• Corporate Authors:

  Greater Bridgeport Transit District

  525 Water Street
  Bridgeport, CT  United States  06604

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1984-12

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus routes; Bus transit; Data collection; Level of service; Performance; Transit operating agencies
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Uncontrolled Terms: Performance indicators
• Geographic Terms: Connecticut
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Operating strategies; Umta section 15; Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394478
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-CT-09-0040-84 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-CT-09-0040
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM