TRANSPORTATION BROKERAGE: KEY FINDINGS FROM CROSSCUTTING ANALYSIS

Some of the key findings of a crosscutting analysis of 13 transportation brokerage projects studied under the auspices of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration's Service and Methods Demonstration (SMD) program are presented. Most projects were SMD-funded demonstrations; others represented case study evaluations. Transportation brokerage is characterized by an orientation toward understanding and accommodating the actual demand for transportation services as identified by and for specific target groups. This approach differs from traditional transportation arrangements that design and operate single-mode, somewhat static delivery systems that are intended to serve areawide, aggregated demand for a range of needs. Several key definitional issues (centering around the degree to which the broker intervenes in the marketplace) are resolved by defining brokerage as an approach to problem solving instead of as an explicit organizational structure or planning process. The conclusions, based on findings from the SMD-sponsored evaluations, suggest that the future of transportation brokerage is dependent on the ability of brokerage advocates to adapt the approach within the existing decision-making environment instead of trying to force new institutional relationships on often entrenched organizational allegiances.

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• Authors:
  • Schreffler, Eric N
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 47-54
• Monograph Title: TRANSPORTATION FOR ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS, PARATRANSIT, AND RIDESHARING
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1018
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brokerage; Case studies; Decision making; Demand; Demonstration projects; Evaluation; Paratransit services; Public transit; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transit services
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453117
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030903907X
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM