LONG-RANGE PLANNING ISSUES FOR SMALL TRANSIT AGENCIES
For small transit agencies to remain effective and to grow in service, they must respond to a number of national and local trends. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, Clean Air Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, and local economic conditions are but a few of the recent events that mandate the use of long-range planning for small transit agencies. A research effort that identifies and discusses the key issues for strategic planning of transit agencies in small and medium-sized communities is outlined. Strategic planning can be a difficult undertaking, particularly for smaller agencies, because they either do not have the staff and time resources to carry out analysis of organization practices, consumer needs, and political environment or do not feel the need for such formal processes because their organizations are simple enough and the strategy setting can be based on managerial experience and judgment. In addition, a case study of a recently completed study for the transit agency in Charleston, West Virginia, is presented.
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- This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1496, Public Transportation 1995: Current Research in Planning, Management, Technology, and Ridesharing. 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
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Authors:
- Martinelli, David
- Mandadi, Asvin
- Eck, Ronald
- Dean, Darrell
- Publication Date: 1995
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 3-8
- Monograph Title: Public transportation 1995: current research in planning, management, technology, and ridesharing
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1496
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Case studies; Long range planning; Medium sized cities; Small cities; Strategic planning; Transit operating agencies
- Geographic Terms: Charleston (West Virginia)
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00714914
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309061741
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Dec 15 1995 12:00AM