AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF PARK-AND-RIDE MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN THE U.S.

With increased congestion and pollution in urban streets, as well as the challenge to more effectively use scarce land resources in center city areas, transportation planners need to examine methods of converting commuters to less energy intensive modes. Through emphasizing the key level-of-service variables, i.e. implementing exclusive bus lanes wherever possible, and scheduling park-and-ride services to insure flexibility for commuting patrons, it is hoped that transit policy planners can make mass transit in general, and park-and-ride programs in particular, successful systems in reducing the automobile-dependence of urban areas. /GMRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Traffic and Transportation

  547 West Jackson Boulevard
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Authors:
  • Hsu, T
  • MCDERMOTT, D R
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 37-45
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/transportation-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Commuting; Level of service; Park and ride; Public transit; Urban highways
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163443
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1981 12:00AM