A MANUAL FOR EVALUATING PERSONALIZED PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEMS

This manual contains information on approaches and techniques for planning and conducting an evaluation of a Personalized Public Transit System (PPTS). Various methodologies and performance indicators have been examined. Many of these strategies and techniques are recommended for use for certain phases of an evaluation. This document was designed to evaluate the project, "The Dallas Area Rapid Transit: Personalized Public Transit Operational Test," under a sub-contract with the University of Texas at Arlington. Included in the manual are guidelines and criteria for selecting "test free" routes and candidate transit routes for the employment of the "before-and-after" methodology. Described in the document are key baseline data requirements, monitoring and follow-up methodologies, site data requirements, and measures for evaluating PPTS objectives and operational tests. The guidelines, developed from numerous existing documents, are both broad and PPTS "project specific."

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Southern University

  Department of Transportation Studies
  3100 Cleburne Avenue
  Houston, TX  United States  77004

  Dallas Area Rapid Transit

  P.O. Boc 660163, 1401 Pacific Avenue
  Dallas, TX  United States  75266-7213

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lede, N W
  • Yu, L
• Publication Date: 1998-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: 116 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Bus routes; Bus transit; Demonstration projects; Evaluation and assessment; Guidelines; Manuals; Methodology; Personal rapid transit; Routing
• Identifier Terms: Dallas Area Rapid Transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Performance indicators
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00975805
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: ILA-DART/UTA TX-26-7002
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 1 2004 12:00AM