STATUS OF THE URBAN CORRIDOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

This review of the accomplishments of the Urban Corriodor Demonstration Program (UCDP) by project type, also compares the similarities and differences of projects in each of the selected cities and documents a preliminary cost-impact evaluation of different improvement techniques. This report also summarizes what has been learned so far about the success or failure of various improvement concepts and discusses the remaining uncertainities. The UCDP projects were subdivided into 3 main groups: improved transit services and facilities, roadway and traffic control improvements, and other projects. Six of the 8 cities implemented some form of new bus service: express buses; expansion of preexisting express bs services; superimposition of new express services; and reorganization of routes and schedules. A variety of roadway and traffic control projects was developed including ones employing innovative preferential bus treatment concepts. A mixture of concepts were also imployed in projects which included enforcement of parking regulations on surface streets, progressive parking raes in off-street facilities etc.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Refer also to DOT P6500.1, Urban Corridor Demonstration Program, TRIS 00080816.
• Corporate Authors:

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 86 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Consumer behavior; Consumer preferences; Costs; Demonstration projects; Express buses; Impact studies; Parking; Traffic control; Transportation corridors; Urban growth; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Urban corridors
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149620
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT P 6500.2
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 13 2000 12:00AM