POTENTIAL FOR A FULL-SERVICE TRANSIT AGENCY

About 20 ridesharing programs out of a total of about 250 such programs in the United States are currently affiliated with public transit agencies. Such affiliation is a major step toward the advantages of a full-service transit agency, but its pros and cons need to be carefully considered by both the transit agency and the existing ridesharing program. Several aims sought by local ridesharing programs through their affiliation decision are identified and a similar scheme to assist in making affiliation decisions is offered; it is hypothesized that transit agencies will differ substantially in their ability to reach such affiliation goals. Results of a study of 13 ridesharing programs in transit agencies tend to confirm this hypothesis, although little quantitative evaluation information is available. Further study is recommended to remedy this lack of evaluation information and to consider the relative merits of (a) close cooperation between ridesharing and transit agencies and (b) the option of merging these two types of programs.

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• Authors:
  • Curry, D
  • Glazer, J
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 44-48
• Monograph Title: Innovations in transportation; planning and development
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1045
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooperation; Feasibility analysis; Governments; Mergers; Private enterprise; Ridesharing; Transit operating agencies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00458107
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309039614
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 10:03PM