Transit: Marketing, Bus, and Paratransit

This collection of 15 papers is concerned with transit. Specific topics discussed include the following: impact of weather on transit ridership; video transit training for older travelers; determinants of perceptions of bus and train safety; market support for new products and services for transit and walking; Metro Orange Line (Los Angeles County, California) bus rapid transit project; TransMilenio (Bogota, Colombia) bus rapid transit system; service reliability and optimal running time schedules; bus arrival time prediction using Global Positioning System; bus stop spacing analysis using geographic information system tools; simulation of bus signal priority strategy; evaluation of transit signal priority and optimal signal timing plans; bus priority lanes as a countermeasure for congestion; quantifying the technical efficiency of paratransit systems; measuring demand management impacts in a sustainable compliance environment for the Americans with Disabilities Act; and exploring negative experiences and user loyalty in paratransit.

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• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 150p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2034
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Bus lanes; Bus priority; Bus rapid transit; Bus stops; Geographic information systems; Global Positioning System; Market research; Marketing; Paratransit services; Public transit; Ridership; Running time; Spacing; Traffic signal timing; Transit safety
• Identifier Terms: Americans with Disabilities Act; TransMilenio
• Uncontrolled Terms: Arrival time (Bus transit); Service reliability
• Geographic Terms: Bogota (Colombia); Los Angeles County (California)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01091248
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309104616
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 3 2008 3:36PM