SMALL CITY TRANSIT: EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA. FREE-FARE TRANSIT IN A HIGH DENSITY, INDUSTRIALIZED AREA

East Chicago, Indiana, is an illustration of a free-fare transit service operating in a high density area. The transit service was devised with a minimum of help from professional consultants, and without sophisticated routing, scheduling, or marketing plans. This case study is one of thirteen examples of a transit service in a small community. The background of the community is discussed along with a description of the implementation process and operational characteristics of the transit service. The process through which the community responds to the specific needs for transit service within the local content is stressed.

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10376
• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-251 507.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Service & Method Demonstration, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Misner, J
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Communities; Federal assistance programs; Free fares; Industrial areas; Industrial buildings; Public transit; Routes; Small cities; Technical assistance; Transportation operations; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation management
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Old TRIS Terms: Free transportation
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133211
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-76-5-6 Final Rpt., UMTA-MA-06-0049-76-6
• Contract Numbers: MA-06-0049
• Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 1982 12:00AM