TRANSIT FARE PREPAYMENT
Fare prepayment encompasses all methods of paying for transit rides other than by cash, namely, tickets, tokens, punch cards, passes, and permits. The purpose of this study is the examination of the overall ridership and revenue impacts of ongoing and completed prepayment programs. The study examines past and current experience with fare prepayment programs and draws conclusions concerning their potential. The major objectives of this study are the following: (1) To survey ongoing and completed transit fare prepayment programs; (2) to identify key features and problems related to prepayment; (3) to measure public response to fare prepayment; (4) to assess advantages and market potential of fare prepayment; (5) to analyze cost-effectiveness of fare prepayment; and (6) to identify the best application of and implementation structures for fare prepayment.
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Corporate Authors:
Huron River Group, Incorporated
1479 Maywood
Ann Arbor, MI United States 48108Transportation Systems Center
55 Broadway, Kendall Square
Cambridge, MA United States 02142Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Office of Service & Method Demonstration, 400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Hershey, W R
- Forkenbrock, D J
- Berla, M J
- MILLER, B A
- Dewey, M E
- Publication Date: 1976-8
Media Info
- Pagination: 188 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Attitudes; Cost effectiveness; Fares; Impacts; Market research; Methodology; Needs assessment; Payment; Prices; Public transit; Punched cards; Revenues; Ridership; Tickets; Tokens; Urban transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: User needs
- Old TRIS Terms: Collection; Passes
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00154043
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-76-7
- Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1056
- Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jun 17 1981 12:00AM