PROVIDING TRANSIT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY EXPERIENCE. INTERIM REPORT

This report presents an evaluation of a transit technical assistance program currently being provided for local officials by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC)in Los Angeles County, California. The program makes available to local officials in the county a variety of technical services which can help them in identifying their local transit needs and developing cost-effective solutions. The program was established following the passage of Proposition A, a 1980 Los Angeles County tax initiative that dedicates a portion of the county's sale tax revenues to the improvement of local transit services. The evaluation describes the activities of the technical assistance program during the first two years of its existence. Based upon several cycles of in-depth interviews with involved local officials, the primary factors which influence the effectiveness of technical assistance programs of this kind are identified. An assessment is made of the impact that a technical assistance program can have in both the short- and long-term on the type, quality and delivery of local transit services. Guidance is also offered to those considering the establishment of similar technical assistance programs at other sites across the country.

• Corporate Authors:

  Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated

  100 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 400
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02140

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Technical Assistance & Safety, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Friend, D
• Publication Date: 1986-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 162 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Public transit; Technical assistance; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Geographic Terms: Los Angeles (California)
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 6
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00462008
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-CA-06-0184-86-1
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1752
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 28 2004 4:14AM