MSBA MANAGEMENT STUDY. FINAL REPORT

The Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority (MSBA), in its 13th year, has largely completed its transition from numerous small, independent private bus operations servicing segments of the County's transit riders to a single, unified operation serving the entire market. The objective of this study is to assess the strengths and weaknesses of MSBA at this point in time, and to identify opportunities for improving MSBA's ability to meet the challenge of continued service to the County in lieu of current and prospective system constraints such as increasing costs, declining federal assistance, and increasing County fiscal concerns. This report documents the second major review of the MSBA in terms of how and at what costs service is delivered to the riding public. The main activity of the study was the analysis of individual management functions to determine opportunities for improving operating and financial performance. The analysis was structured to reflect the organization of MSBA's management functions. Because of the largeness of the analysis, the report is divided into several sections. Each section is a "stand alone" report in that it focuses on a particular aspect of the present bus system. This report contains detailed analysis, in 8 sections of the report, of the following individual management functions: Peer Group Analysis, Administrative Functions, Collective Bargaining, Scheduling and Runcutting, Transportation, Vehicle Maintenance, Governance, and Implementation Program and Impacts. The concluding section summarizes study recommendations in each of the diverse functional areas. Each proposal includes a description of the section, its stated objectives, implementation responsibilities and schedule.

• Corporate Authors:

  Abrams-Cherwony and Associates

  PSFS Building, Suite 3139, 12 South 12th Street
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19107

  Nassau County Planning Commission

  222 Willis Avenue
  Mineola, NY  United States  11501

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1986-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 315 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Collective bargaining; Financing; Implementation; Run cutting; Scheduling; Suburbs; Transportation system management; Vehicle maintenance
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00462032
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-NY-08-0102-86-2
• Contract Numbers: D000699
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1987 12:00AM