THE PROBLEM OF PERSONAL SECURITY IN BUSES ALONG A TRANSIT ROUTE IN MILWAUKEE AND ITS EFFECTS ON RIDERSHIP

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DECREASE IN TRANSIT PASSENGERS AND THE EFFECT OF EXPERIENCES AND BELIEFS OF RIDERS AND POTENTIAL RIDERS RELATIVE TO INCIDENTS OF ON-BUS CRIME AND VANDALISM. AN ATTEMPT IS ALSO MADE TO IDENTIFY A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUCH BELIEFS AND EXPERIENCES ON PASSENGER USAGE AS RELATED TO THE SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS OF THE RESPONDENTS. THE STUDY PROCEDURE INCLUDES TWO QUESTIONNAIRES FORMS WHICH WERE DESIGNED, PRETESTED AND REVISED PRIOR TO EXECUTING THE FINAL SURVEY OF THE RIDERS USING THE TRANSIT ROUTE AND NON-RIDERS LIVING ADJACENT TO THE ROUTE. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT TRANSIT CRIME AND VANDALISM HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON PASSENGER USAGE, AND THAT THE EFFECT BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED AS THE DISTANCE FROM THE POSITION ON THE ROUTE DECREASES RELATIVE TO THE CENTRAL CITY. HOWEVER, IT WAS FOUND THAT SERVICE FACTORS SUCH AS FREQUENCY OF SERVICE, FARE LEVEL, CONVENIENCE OF ROUTE, AND TRAVEL TIME PROVED TO BE MORE CRITICAL FOR TRANSIT USAGE THAN PERSONAL SECURITY. A LIST OF REFERENCES AND SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRES ARE INCLUDED.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract WI-11-0002 NO WI-11-0002-73-3
• Corporate Authors:

  Marquette University

  Urban Transportation Program
  Milwaukee, WI  United States  53233
• Authors:
  • Roemer, F P
  • Sinha, K C
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 71 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Bus transportation; Crimes; Passengers; Private property; Ridership; Urban transportation; Vandalism
• Old TRIS Terms: Personal property
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221867
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final-res
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 27 1981 12:00AM