Examining the Influence of Multidestination Service Orientation on Transit Service Productivity: A Multivariate Analysis

Although transit agencies added service in the decade between 1990 and 2000, the ridership increase failed to keep pace with the service increase, resulting in a decline in service productivity. Studies partly attribute this phenomenon to transit agency decisions to decentralize their service rather than focus on serving the traditional central business district market. The current paper investigates whether a non-traditional, decentralized service orientation, called multidestination service, results in reduced service productivity. The authors found that, although the trend toward productivity declines is continuing, metropolitan areas whose transit agencies pursued a multidestination service orientation did not experience lower productivity and in many cases experienced higher productivity as a result of this service decision.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-007-9140-x
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Brown, Jeffrey R
  • Thompson, Gregory L
• Publication Date: 2008-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 237-252
• Serial:
  • Transportation
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISSN: 0049-4488
  • EISSN: 1572-9435
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11116

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decentralization; Level of service; Productivity; Public transit; Ridership; Routes and routing; Urban transit
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01091366
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 23 2008 9:22AM