A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE 1985 SPORTS FESTIVAL, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge, Louisiana served as the host city for the National Sports Festival VI from July 19 to August 5, 1985. The objective of this study was to develop a transportation plan that would transport the 4,000 participants to the various Festival activities and provide services that would afford other athletes the opportunity to view the competition. This report documents such a transportation plan. It describes the routes used in transporting the participants as well as the access and parking requirements for spectators. In addition, the report contains an evaluation of the transportation system and identifies specific problem areas that will assist future hosts in developing their transportation system for such an event. Overall, the transportation system provided the participants with the service it was designed to provide. The overall cost of the service was estimated at $160,000 which was nearly double the initial budget. Factors contributing to this overrun cost are discussed in this report. Better communication and planning was recommended to produce a more efficient and cost effective system as well as to avoid the problem areas discussed in this study.

• Corporate Authors:

  RBA Engineers, Planners

  8338 Summa Avenue, Suite 302
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70809

  Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

  1201 Capitol Access Road, P.O. Box 94245
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70804-9245

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1985-8

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 150 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Implementation; Operating costs; Parking; Persons with disabilities; Shuttle buses; Special events; Transportation planning; Universities and colleges
• Geographic Terms: Louisiana
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455098
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-LA-08-8011-85-1
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-LA-08-8011
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1988 12:00AM