PARK-AND-RIDE IN THE SHIRLEY HIGHWAY CORRIDOR
The market for fixed-route transit operations is not limited to travelers living within walking distance of transit stops. As demonstrated by the Shirley Highway Express-Bus-on-Freeway Project, well- planned park-and-ride operations can lead to sizeable increases in bus patronage. Park-and-riders, commuters who travel by automobile to a bus stop and then by bus to work, greatly expanded the market for the fixed-route bus service in the Shirley Highway corridor. After briefly describing the park-and-ride arrangements in this suburban corridor, this paper presents the reuslts of an investigation of the perceptions and mode choice influences of the park-and-riders at two new lots. On-board surveys were used to determine the importance of 12 factors in the commuter's decision to switch from automobile to park-and-ride bus service. The users' subjective satisfaction assessments for these factors and their reported travel-time and costs savings (or losses) were also obtained. These results suggest that several factors in addition to time and cost should be considered in planning park-and-ride facilities. /Author/
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Authors:
- Miller, Gerald K
- MCQUEEN, JAMES T
- Publication Date: 1976
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- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 23-29
- Monograph Title: Bus transportation strategies
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 606
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Commuters; Consumer behavior; Costs; Fixed routes; Highway corridors; Intercity bus lines; Mode choice; Park and ride; Suburbs; Surveys; Transportation planning; Travel time
- Geographic Terms: Northern Virginia
- Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection; User reactions
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00156095
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309024838
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Aug 4 1981 12:00AM