TRANSIT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE REVIEW. PITTSBURGH PROTOTYPE STUDY. FINAL REPORT

This report describes the application of a methodology to assess the effectiveness of resource management in a transit environment. It presents simple techniques which are commonly applied in private enterprise to assess a firm's market strength and the capability of internal operations. Although the approach and techniques were applied to the Port Authority of Allegheny County Transit System (PAT), the findings may be of interest to other transit systems because it represents the realistic applications of these methods under field conditions.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/673
• Corporate Authors:

  Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Incorporated

  400 Market Street
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19107

  Comsis Corporation

  11501 Georgia Avenue
  Wheaton, MD  United States  20902

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Planning, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Office of the Secretary of Transportation

  Technology Sharing Program, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1987-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 98 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chopper circuits; Conservation; Management; Performance evaluations; Prototypes; Public transit; Transit vehicle operations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Resource management
• Old TRIS Terms: Choppers; Transit management; Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Environment; Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00477584
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-URT-41-87-5, DOT-I-87-27
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1988 12:00AM