FIRST-YEAR IMPACT OF REDUCED TRANSIT FARES ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT

In 1980 voters in Los Angeles County passed a referendum designed to support public transit development through a dedicated sales tax. One feature of this referendum, the reduced-fare program, substantially lowered the bus fares at the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD) and provided a subsidy to maintain adequate service levels. The lower fares precipitated a surge in patronage on SCRTD lines. This growth in system boardings made it necessary to accelerate monitoring of the bus lines and to increase service levels in many cases. The attempts made by SCRTD to deal with the patronage growth and the impacts on patronage, service levels, and operating productivity are described.

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• Authors:
  • Phifer, Susan
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 61-67
• Monograph Title: Transit research developments
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 992
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fares; Finance; Financing; Level of service; Productivity; Ridership; Sales tax; Subsidies
• Identifier Terms: Southern California Rapid Transit District
• Geographic Terms: California
• Old TRIS Terms: Passes
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451179
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309038014
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM