BASELINE TRANSIT NEEDS ASSESSMENT - WICHITA, KANSAS

The basic objective of this research project is to estimate the capital and operating costs associated with providing general public and paratransit services in Topeka, Wichita, Lawrence, and Manhattan, Kansas over the next ten years (1997-2006). This report presents the results of the transit needs assessment for Wichita. The results reported in the present study are based on a synthesis and extrapolation of existing data. The needs assessment is presented in aggregate financial terms. The present study does not explicitly address ridership, demand, routes, service configuration, or system design. The needs assessment is presented in terms of several scenarios which attempt to quantify the financial resources needed to 1) maintain existing levels of general public transportation and paratransit services in Wichita for the period 1997-2006 for various levels of local, state and federal funding assistance, and 2) restore general public transportation services to their pre-FY 1996 levels for various levels of local, state and federal funding assistance. In addition, data concerning local socio-demographic trends and transit service characteristics are provided in sufficient detail to allow local service providers to perform a rudimentary assessment of the potential economic and service impacts of a range of alternative transit service configurations.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57517
• Corporate Authors:

  Kansas State University, Manhattan

  Department of Civil Engineering, Fiedler Hall
  Manhattan, KS  United States  66506

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Docking State Office Building
  Topeka, KS  United States  66612
• Authors:
  • Bachman, S E
  • Hasan, T
  • Stokes, R W
• Publication Date: 1997-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 79 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capital costs; Federal government; Finance; Financial analysis; Financing; Level of service; Local government; Needs assessment; Operating costs; Paratransit services; Public transit; State government
• Geographic Terms: Wichita (Kansas)
• Subject Areas: Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00748119
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: K-TRAN: KSU-97-4, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: C-969
• Files: NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 3 1998 12:00AM