BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT SYSTEM CAPACITY STUDY

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is conducting a System Capacity Study (SCS) in anticipation of future ridership growth. The purpose of the study is to determine the passenger carrying capacity limitations of the current system, and identify capital investments expected to be necessary over the next 30 years to provide high quality service. The paper presents a summary of the goals, organization, methods, conduct, findings and future directions of the ongoing study. Agencies considering or conducting similar studies should find this paper of interest.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Public Transportation Association

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  Washington, DC  United States  20006
• Authors:
  • Theile, W L
• Conference:
  • 2003 Rail Transit Conference Proceedings
  • Location: San Jose, California
  • Date: 2003-6-8 to 2003-6-12
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capacity restraint; Capital productivity; Forecasting; Ridership
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00960853
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1931594082
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 2003 12:00AM