Impact of Public Transit Bus System Redesign on Baltimore City Public School Students

Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) follows an open choice model for middle and high schools, and student transportation is provided by the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA). Studies have shown that BCPSS students traveling by public transit have travel times longer than Baltimore residents' work commutes. Public transit routes are designed for access to jobs that were historically located?in the Central Business District (CBD) and not to serve students and schools which are more dispersed throughout the city. The objectives of this research is to evaluate the effect of the MTA transit service redesign on BCPSS students. This was achieved by performing a travel time analysis to schools pre and post network redesign and identifying residential locations (aggregated to traffic analysis zones (TAZs)) and school pairs with insufficient service based on key performance metrics.

• Record URL:
  https://annualmeeting.mytrb.org/OnlineProgram/Details/15648
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP050 Standing Committee on Bus Transit Systems.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Elgendi, Fathy
  • Lee, Young-Jae
  • Chavis, Celeste
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2021-1-5 to 2021-1-29
• Date: 2021

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 26p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Design; Performance measurement; Public transit; School trips; Students
• Geographic Terms: Baltimore (Maryland)
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01763798
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: TRBAM-21-03404
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 4 2021 10:57AM