SMALL CITY TRANSIT: MERRILL, WISCONSIN, POINT DEVIATION SERVICE IN A RURAL COMMUNITY

Merrill, Wisconsin is an illustration of an innovative point-deviation transit service. 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 of transit service within the local content is stressed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-251 512.
• 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:
  • Mergel, J
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Buses; City planning; Communities; Persons with disabilities; Planning; Public transit; Rural areas; Small cities; Technical assistance; Transportation; Transportation operations; Travel demand; Urban development; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation management; Transportation systems
• Geographic Terms: Wisconsin
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133216
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-765-11 Final Rpt., UMTA-MA-06-0049-76-11
• Contract Numbers: MA-06-0049
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 1981 12:00AM