EVALUATION OF RECENT RIDERSHIP INCREASES

This digest assesses key factors and initiatives that led to ridership increases at 28 transit agencies, nationwide, for the period 2000 to 2002. This information will be of particular use to transit managers and planners interested in better understanding the various mechanisms and dynamics that have played a role in recent ridership increases. Similarly, it should be of interest to those local officials and policy-makers who seek to assure that the most effective use possible is being made of funds and resources committed to the design and delivery of public transit services. This assessment of recent ridership increases is based on review of transit ridership statistics published by the American Public Transportation Association, on operating statistics reported to and published in the Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database, and on interviews and discussions with more than 35 senior transit managers.

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  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rrd_69.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This digest is the final report of Task 51 for TCRP Project J-6, "Quick Response for Special Needs." The author affiliation is Cambridge Systematics, Inc. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Stanley, R G
  • Hyman, R
• Publication Date: 2005-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 37 p.
• Serial:
  • TCRP Research Results Digest
  • Issue Number: 69
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Interviewing; Public transit; Ridership; Statistics; Transit operating agencies; Transit operators
• Identifier Terms: American Public Transportation Association; U.S. Federal Transit Administration
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00989287
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 25 2005 12:00AM