COLUMBIA, MARYLAND-DIAL-A-RIDE USER PREFERENCE SURVEY

Survey of user preferences for dial-a-ride transit service in operation, the call-a-bus system. One purpose was to compare results with a previous study conducted in Michigan. Attitudes on various attributes of the dial-a-bus service as pertain to levels of service, convenience and vehicle design. Respondents: 131 paired comparison, 100 semantic scale. Home-interview study with with both paired comparison and semantic scale questionnaires.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Minnesota, Duluth

  1023 University Drive
  Duluth, MN  United States  55812
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Consumer behavior; Consumer preferences; Data collection; Level of service; Paratransit services; Socioeconomic factors; Surveys; Urban transit; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Convenience
• Old TRIS Terms: Dial-a-bus; Social-economic studies; Urban/mass
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00320387
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Statistical Reference File, TSC
• Report/Paper Numbers: One-Time
• Files: TSR, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM