TRANSIT EXPANSION FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE WESTLAKE-SULPHUR CORRIDOR, LOUISIANA. FINAL REPORT

Since the City of Lake Charles bought out the financially troubled private transit company in 1967, it has been operating bus service in the Lake Charles area. Earlier studies put forth the proposal to extend public transit service across the Calcasieu River to the area west of the River to the communities of Westlake, Sulphur, and Mossville (Westlake-Sulphur Corridor). The purpose of this study is to further research the proposed extension of bus service to the area. The study examines the potential demand and ridership for bus service; the design of a cost-effective and productive service to meet the demand; the management and financing of the expanded service; and the cost to local government involvement. Included in this report is: a description of the Westlake-Sulphur Corridor; current resources of the Lake Charles Transit System; analysis of the demand for public transit; ridership projections; alternative services; proposed management and financing alternatives; and local cost of expanded transit service. The study findings indicate a demand for transit service. The strongest demand for transit service comes from the Mossville community where incomes and automobile ownerships are low. The study will provide local government with information needed to weigh the benefits of the proposed extended transit service against the expected cost, and ultimately to assist in decision making regarding the expansion of the Lake Charles Transit System to the Westlake-Sulphur Corridor.

• Corporate Authors:

  Imperial Calcasieu Regional Planning & Dev Comm

  P.O. Box 900
  Lake Charles, LA  United States  70602

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1986-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 150 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Cost effectiveness; Demand responsive transportation; Feasibility analysis; Local government; Public transit; Ridership
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Uncontrolled Terms: Extension
• Geographic Terms: Louisiana
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Umta section 9
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00462020
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-LA-09-0013-86-1
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-LA-09-0013
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 28 2004 4:14AM