SMALL CITY TRANSIT: XENIA, OHIO. TRANSIT SERVICE FOR A REBUILDING COMMUNITY

Xenia, Ohio is an illustration of a transit service which evolved from a freefare emergency service to a demonstration of para-transit services. 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 context is stressed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-251 515.
• 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:
  • Casey, R
  • Coefield, C
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; City planning; Communities; Disasters; Disasters and emergency operations; Federal assistance programs; Free fares; Hazards and emergency operations; Paratransit services; Planning; Public transit; Reconstruction; Routes; Scheduling; Small cities; Technical assistance; Tornadoes; Transportation; Urban development; Urban renewal; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation systems
• Geographic Terms: Ohio
• Old TRIS Terms: Free transportation
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133219
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-76-5-14Final Rpt., UMTA-MA-06-0049-76-14
• Contract Numbers: MA-06-0049
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 1981 12:00AM