DEVELOPING A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING AN INVESTMENT IN FARE COLLECTION SYSTEMS IN TRANSIT

This article presents the initial development of a decision support system (DSS) to assess cost impacts of upgrading or replacing a transit ticketing and fare collection (TFC) system. Assessment of these costs, typically, requires extensive calculations and involves estimation of unknown parameters such as future ridership growth rate, equipment utilization rate, and interest rate on debt financing. This DDSD is developed with wo categories of policy- and decision-makers in mind - transit agency managers and transit industry researchers.

• Record URL:
  http://doi.org/10.5038/2375-0901.6.2.4
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/30755822
• Corporate Authors:

  University of South Florida, Tampa

  Center for Urban Transportation Research, 4202 East Fowler Avenue
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620-5375
• Authors:
  • Ghandforoush, P
  • Collura, J
  • Plotnikov, V
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 61-86
• Serial:
  • Journal of Public Transportation
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: University of South Florida, Tampa
  • ISSN: 1077-291X
  • EISSN: 2375-0901
  • Serial URL: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jpt/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost estimating; Decision making; Fare collection; Policy making; Ticketing; Transit authorities
• Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00960901
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 10 2003 12:00AM