SOUTH SHORE BUS STUDY. CTPS TECHNICAL REPORT 52. APPENDICES

This report presents the methods, findings, and recommendations of a bus transit study in the South Shore corridor of the Boston metropolitan area. The study goal was to develop recommendations for improving MBTA bus service in the South Shore corridor without increasing net costs to the MBTA. The recommendations consist of measures for achieving the following objectives: increasing ridership per unit of service, improving passenger travel time, improving passenger comfort and convenience, and serving demonstrated latent transit demand. The study area consisted of 16 communities located south and southeast of Boston as well as the southern fringe of Boston. Sixteen MBTA local bus routes and 2 MBTA express routes (all 18 have at least one Red Line connection) were analyzed along with latent demand for additional bus routes and privately operated bus service. (MBTA South Shore bus routes serve both as feeders to the Red Line and as a local transportation system.) Three major data sources for analyzing existing MBTA bus route were boarding and alighting counts; an onboard survey; and the U.S. Census. Basically, this report provides background information on the study area; route-level analysis of MBTA service; and the results of system level analyses. The companion report, the Appendices, contain detailed descriptions and analyses of each of the 18 MBTA bus routes (Appendix A); Summary of Study Area Transit History (B); Boarding Performance Measures (C); Analysis of Pulse System for Evening and Sunday Service (D); Analysis of Evening Service Headway Lengthening (E); Systemwide Comparisons (F); Onboard Survey Findings (G); Trip Level Data (H); Sunday Service (I); and Public Meetings (J).

• Corporate Authors:

  CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING STAFF

  BOSTON, MA  United States 

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1985-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 250 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Data collection; Feeder buses; Headways; Rapid transit; Ridership; Timed transfer; Transfers; Weekends
• Identifier Terms: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Transferring; Umta section 9
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455175
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTAMA090095/107852, MA-08-0115-85-2
• Contract Numbers: UMTAMA09-0095/107, MA-08-0115
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1988 12:00AM