IMPACT EVALUATION OF MORGANTOWN PRT 1975-1976 RIDERSHIP: INTERIM ANALYSIS

The Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit System (PRT) is a new type of public transportation system which was built as a research development and demonstration project. The system began passenger service in October 1975, and consists of three stations, 2.1 miles of two-lane guideway, and a 45-vehicle fleet. This report describes the Morgantown PRT system ridership levels and trends during its initial period of operation, the 1975-76 academic year. The analysis measures the impact on ridership of seven operating characteristics: fleet mileage, actual operating hours, system availability, trip reliability, vehicle availability, downtime frequency, and downtime duration. Data were obtained from West Virginia University Management reports on daily ridership, and system operation and analysis included statistical tests of significance and multivariate statistical procedures.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8769
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Stearns, M D
  • Schaeffer, K H
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 79 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Intelligent transportation systems; Level of service; Personal rapid transit; Productivity; Quality of service; Ridership; Routes; Statistics; Systems analysis; Travel demand; Universities and colleges; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Services
• Geographic Terms: Morgantown (West Virginia); West Virginia
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167038
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-14 Intrm Rpt., UMTA-MA-06-0026-77-1
• Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 29 1981 12:00AM