MOVING FROM DATA TO INFORMATION - NJ TRANSIT RAIL PASSENGER STATISTICS

This paper discusses rail passenger information used by New Jersey Transit (NJT), including industry/non-industry comparisons, and NJT's process of creating meaningful passenger ridership information by blending ticket sales and passenger count data. The paper examines the development and reporting of passenger statistics, the statewide public transit system in New Jersey, focusing on its commuter rail network. Although the paper is specific to NJT, the same techniques and applications can be utilized or refined for any transit mode.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Public Transportation Association

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  Washington, DC  United States  20006
• Authors:
  • Tillotson, A
• Conference:
  • Rail Transit Conference, 2000
  • Location: St. Louis Missouri
  • Date: 2000-6-10 to 2000-6-15
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 358-362
• Monograph Title: RAIL TRANSIT CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuter service; Information dissemination; Information storage and retrieval systems; Passenger counting; Public transit; Rail transit; Ridership; Statistics
• Identifier Terms: New Jersey Transit
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00796138
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 5 2000 12:00AM