A SECTION 147 RURAL TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION MANUAL. NUMBER 1. RURAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND PERFORMANCE

The manual summarizes the lessons that have been learned from the Section 147 Rural Transit Demonstrations about service and fare policies, and performance and costs. The report concludes that rural transit services have to be innovative, combining conventional transit operations with fixed routes and regular schedules with various forms of paratransit, to meet the specific needs of individual areas. The report also emphasizes the need for careful monitoring of costs and system performance as transit services develop. The report provides capsule summaries of system characteristics and performance for selected projects, identified by State.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Number 2, PB80-181407. Also available in set of 5 reports PC E13, PB80-181381.
• Corporate Authors:

  Urban Institute

  2100 M Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20037

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • McGillivray, R
  • Ernst, U
  • Olsson, M L
  • Tolson, F
• Publication Date: 1979-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 39 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coordination; Demonstration projects; Fares; Fixed routes; Level of service; Manuals; Needs assessment; Paratransit services; Performance; Policy; Public transit; Routes; Rural areas; Scheduling; Systems engineering; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Services
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314079
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-I-79-4
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 5 2002 12:00AM