NET COSTS OF PEAK AND OFFPEAK TRANSIT TRIPS TAKEN NATIONWIDE BY MODE
Estimates are made of the net costs of trips taken during peak and offpeak periods on bus, subway, and commuter rail systems in the United States, both separately and averaged over all three of these transit modes. Net costs are defined as the sum of annual operating and maintenance expenses and annualized capital costs minus passenger revenues. Various cost and revenue allocation factors and related assumptions were used to estimate net costs using actual data for transit systems providing bus, subway, and commuter rail service. The results indicate that transit trips taken during peak periods, expressed on either a per-trip or a per-passenger-mile basis, have consistently higher net costs than trips taken during offpeak periods. Nationwide, the average net cost for a transit trip taken in the peak period during 1983 is estimated at $1.74, compared with an estimate of $1.20 for a trip taken in the offpeak. This difference occurs primarily because a relatively higher proportion of transit capital expenses is attributable to providing for the peak periods. Although passenger revenues are proportionally high in the peak, they are not of sufficient magnitude to result in lower net costs during this period. When costs and revenues are expressed on a per-passenger-mile basis, which normalizes for trips of different lengths, the disparity in net costs by mode and time of day is reduced.
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- This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1266, Urban Public Transportation Research 1990. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Hsu, P S
- Parody, Thomas E
- Lovely, Mary E
- Hsu, Poh Ser
- Publication Date: 1990
Media Info
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 139-145
- Monograph Title: Urban public transportation research
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1266
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Costs; Off peak periods; Peak periods; Railroad commuter service; Subways
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Old TRIS Terms: Net costs; Off-peak
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00602752
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309050189
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Dec 31 1990 12:00AM