REACHING JOBS IN THE SUBURBS: TRI-RAIL IN SOUTH FLORIDA
Continued expansion of development into suburban areas has led to increased suburb-to-suburb travel, which has contributed to the relative decline in ridership of commuter rail systems from the suburbs to the central business district (CBD). If commuter rail is to remain a viable element of the urban transportation network, it must serve new markets. The potential of commuter rail to serve suburb-to-suburb markets is examined. The size of the potential market for suburb-to-suburb commuter rail travel is estimated and compared with that of the suburb-to-CBD market. The mean market penetration is compared for suburb-to-suburb and suburb-to-CBD markets to determine whether there is a statistically significant difference between the two markets. The relationship between station-to-station distance and market penetration is tested for both the suburb-to-suburb and suburb-to-CBD markets. The results of this study indicate that the total potential ridership market for suburb-to-suburb home-based work trips is comparable with that for suburb-to-CBD home-based work trips. However, market penetration is greater for suburb-to-CBD trips than for suburb-to-suburb trips. Market penetration is found to increase with distance; however, initial results indicate that other factors affect market penetration more than distance.
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- This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1618, Transit: Planning, Management, Marketing, New Technology, Capacity, and Quality of Service.
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Authors:
- Hadj-Chikh, G J
- Thompson, G L
- Publication Date: 1998
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 14-21
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1618
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Central business districts; Market assessment; Railroad commuter service; Ridership; Suburbs; Work trips
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00755062
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309064643
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Oct 14 1998 12:00AM