MICHIGAN INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGER STUDY AND INTERCITY BUS USER COMPARISON

User travel patterns, socioeconomic characteristics, and service ratings of Michigan's intercity rail service in 1985 are compared with those of earlier years and with those of Michigan intercity bus users. More than 2,300 usable rail passenger survey responses, a 90 percent sample, are the basis for 1985 rail passenger data. The highest percentage of rail passenger trips (41.5 percent) is taken to visit friends and relatives. This figure is similar for previous rail users and intercity bus users. The percentage of female rail passengers remains about the same (63.3 percent); the percentage of female intercity but users has decreased to 53.5 percent. Rail passengers' median family income is nearly twice that of intercity bus users. Bus users rate intercity bus service higher than rail passengers rate intercity rail service. Several interrelationships of intercity rail and bus service, such as market area, trip diversion, and interconnecting service, have been examined. For instance, the diversion from intercity bus to rail is 10 to 15 percent. Applications to date include demand estimation, new station potential analysis, service improvement analysis, market targeting, and service evaluation.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1177, Railroad Regulation Issues, Rail Passenger Services, Railroad Bridges, and Track Maintenance Management. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Kuehne, Robert L
  • Hundt, Kathy A
• Publication Date: 1988

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• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 26-39
• Monograph Title: Railroad regulation issues, rail passenger services, railroad bridges, and track maintenance management
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1177
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Bus transportation; Data collection; Gender; Income; Intercity bus lines; Intercity transportation; Level of service; Market research; Passengers; Railroad transportation; Socioeconomic factors; Surveys; Travel patterns; Trip purpose
• Uncontrolled Terms: Socioeconomic data
• Geographic Terms: Michigan
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00485715
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309047218
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 31 1989 12:00AM