Transit: Management, Technology, and Planning 2008

This collection of 21 papers is concerned with the management, technology, and planning of public transit. Specific topics discussed are as follows: use of smart card data to define public transit use; innovative public/private cooperation for urban transport; modeling the impact of transit operator fleet size; bus deployment strategies and automatic vehicle location to improve bus service reliability; a fleet-size model for light rail and bus rapid transit systems; a data archiving and mining system for transit service improvements; a public transit simulation model for optimal synchronized transfers; smart card transaction data for transit demand modeling; smart parking linked to transit; identifying feasible locations for rail transit stations; a public transit system based on flexible routes; carsharing; a model for evaluating community suitability for transit investments; innovative planning and financing strategies for a downtown circulator bus route; links between transit ridership and gasoline prices; land use-based transit planning; transit-oriented development's effect on transit ridership; safety analysis of road surface transit; and transportation policy effect on public transit.

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• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 192p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2063
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle location; Bus rapid transit; Bus transit; Cooperation; Data banks; Data mining; Demand; Financing; Governments; Land use; Light rail transit; Location; Planning; Private enterprise; Public transit; Rail transit stations; Ridership; Simulation; Smart cards; Transfers; Transit oriented development; Transit safety; Transportation policy; Vehicle sharing
• Candidate Terms: Smart parking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Circulator systems; Fleet size; Flexible routes; Fuel costs; Service reliability
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01116562
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309113359
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 3 2008 9:10AM