VICTORIA, TEXAS TRANSIT FEASIBILITY STUDY. FINAL REPORT
Victoria County is Texas' newest and smallest urbanized area and has experienced a 35.6 percent population increase between 1970-1982. It is the geographic and economic center of a seven county area. Its economy developed and grew in large part because of an inexpensive and reliable transportation system accessible to a variety of markets and products--highways, trucking lines, intercity bus systems, rail, canal and airport. Currently local mass transportation service to the general public is available through one private taxi company--Yellow and Checker Cab Company. The main source of transportation for the transportation disadvantaged in Victoria is provided by various human service agencies. This report documents a feasibility study for the Victoria Metropolitan Planning Organization area that purports to identify the extent of local mass transportation needs and to consider various alternatives for addressing these needs. The report discusses existing conditions in the Victoria area including existing mass transportation services, local needs, and potential transit improvement concepts that could be implemented at the local level. The report concludes with the identification and analysis of several improvement alternatives deemed technically feasible for implementation in Victoria depending on the level of local public financing available. Five local mass transit improvements identified for the area and discussed in detail in this report include fixed-route bus service, demand responsive bus service, coordination of human service agency transportation, user-side subsidy, and deferred-action alternative.
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Corporate Authors:
Bartholomew (Harland) and Associates, Incorporated
5005 West Laurel Street, Suite 214
Tampa, FL United States 33607 - Publication Date: 1985-11
Media Info
- Pagination: 83 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Feasibility analysis; Needs assessment; Public transit; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
- Geographic Terms: Texas
- Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 8
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00462021
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-TX-08-0231-86-1
- Contract Numbers: UMTA-TX-08-0231
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 28 2004 4:14AM