MASS TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT FOR SMALL URBAN AREAS: A CASE STUDY, TOMPKINS COUNTY, NEW YORK. REPORT ON SECOND YEAR

The report presents the results of the second-year effort within a three-year research project to develop a transportation planning methodology for small urban areas concerned with the provision of public transportation service. This phase of the research concentrates on problems of access to health services, transportation service for the disadvantaged, potential coordination and integration of existing transportation systems, alternative systems designs and their evaluation, and suitable marketing and monitoring programs for public transportation service in small urban areas. This effort, will culminate in the preparation of a transit planning manual suitable for use by the transportation planner in small to medium-size urban areas.

Supplemental Notes:
- See also Report on first year effort dated Oct 74, PB-242 989.
Corporate Authors:
Cornell University

College of Engineering
Ithaca, NY United States 14850

Department of Transportation

Office of University Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590
Authors:
- Meyburg, A H
Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

Pagination: 342 p.

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Aged; City planning; Emergency vehicles; Health; Local government; Marketing; Methodology; Persons with disabilities; Project management; Public transit; Small cities; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation
Uncontrolled Terms: Disadvantaged persons
Geographic Terms: New York (State)
Old TRIS Terms: Public service vehicles
Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00159353
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/TST-77/29 Final Rpt.
Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-40003
Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
Created Date: Sep 20 1982 12:00AM