Author: Donald L. DeanPublisher:
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Category : Bus lines
Languages : en
Pages :
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Estimating Intercity Bus Service to Rural Communities
Author: Donald L. DeanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bus lines
Languages : en
Pages :
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Toolkit for Estimating Demand for Rural Intercity Bus Services
Author: Frederic D. FravelPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 030921338X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 147: Toolkit for Estimating Demand for Rural Intercity Bus Services provides a sketch-planning guide and supporting CD-ROM–based tools that can be used to forecast demand for rural intercity bus services.
Estimating the Effects of Alternate Service Levels on Rural Transit Ridership
Author: Wayne R. UgolikPublisher:
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Survey of Otsego County, New York households on projected use of fixed-route, dial-a-bus and mobility club services.
Effective Approaches to Meeting Rural Intercity Bus Transportation Needs
Author: KFH GroupPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309067634
Category : Bus lines
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
This report presents results of research conducted under Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Project B-21, "Effective Approaches to Meeting Rural Intercity Bus Transportation Needs." The project identified strategies for initiating, preserving, and enhancing effective rural intercity bus transportation. To identify recent projects and to identify barriers or issues affecting implementation, the research effort included surveys of state rural transit program managers, state rail program managers, and intercity bus carriers. The report includes three parts. Part I contains a review of recent developments affecting the intercity bus industry, an overview of potential funding sources, and a review of barriers to implementation of rural intercity projects. Part II provides strategies for rural intercity service improvements, including methods of identifying intercity carriers and services, planning, program development, operating assistance, capital assistance, marketing assistance, and combining approaches. Each strategy is described, and implementation examples are presented. Part III presents 50 project descriptions based on additional survey interviews with project contacts.
Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation
Author: Intercity Bus Feeder Project Program Analysis
Author: Frederick D. FravelPublisher:
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Category : Bus lines
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This 192 page report describes the experiences of the Rural Connection Program (RCP), an attempt to link existing rural public transportation services with those of intercity carriers. The study includes data gathered from 36 of the rural systems participating in the program, and detailed case studies of four systems among these. The RCP has not proven to be a big generator of revenue for the participating systems, and only five systems reported more than 150 riders over the course of the program. There is some evidence that local resources and expertise for marketing may be particular limiting factors on the arrangements. The report should be especially interesting to operators of rural transportation services.
Rural to Urban Intercity Transit User Characteristics Analysis, Demand Estimation and Network Design
Author: Hongtai Yang (Professor of Transportation and Logistics)Publisher:
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Category : Bus travel
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Rural transit always plays a critical role in transporting rural residents, especially the ones who do not have a car, cannot drive, or choose not to drive. Intercity bus (ICB), deviated fixed route transit (DFRT) and demand responsive transit (DRT) are three major modes of rural public transportation. Although there are more DFRT and DRT service providers and services in the US, due to institutional issues, there are much more studies about ICB than DFRT and DRT. Meanwhile, state governments are struggling on how to improve the rural transit system with limited budget. This dissertation is aimed to fill the gap by studying the rural transit rider characteristics, ICB system evaluation method and DFRT route design. First, surveys were performed to understand who are using the rural DFRT and DRT services and why they use them. It was found out that DFRT and DRT passengers, whose characteristics are similar to ICB riders, are likely to be female, of minority races, have low personal and household income, low number of vehicles in the household and rent the house. 90% of the riders have difficulty finding alternative transportation mode, suggesting they are captive riders, not choice riders. Secondly, a methodology to locate the high ICB demand area and design ICB stops accordingly is proposed. The existing stop locations are compared to the high demand areas and meaningful destinations. It was found out that the ICB stops in Tennessee are well connected to the meaningful destinations but poorly located to cover the high demand areas. Finally, a methodology to find the most cost effective routes is developed. It uses DRT trip records of a local DRT service provider to construct a trip generation model. The model finds that the trip generation rate of a census tract is significantly positively related to the density of population over 16 years old and density of no-vehicle household in the census tract. The method to find the best routes is presented using Tennessee as an example. This dissertation provides useful information to state government on how to evaluate ICB system, improve rural transit and design DFRT network.
Assessing Demand for Rural Intercity Transportation in an Changing Environment
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Choice of transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
With higher fuel costs and changing economic conditions, travel behavior and the level and allocation of resources in highways, rail, air, and transit service in rural areas, may be changing. The objective of this study is to determine the attitude of would-be passengers in their choice of mode and the factors determining their choice in rural and small urban areas. A stated preference survey was developed and administered to residents of North Dakota and northwest and west central Minnesota. The survey asked respondents to identify their mode of choice in different hypothetical situations where there were five modes available - automobile, air, bus, train, and van - under differing mode and trip characteristics. A multinomial logit model was used to estimate the likelihood that an individual would choose a given mode based on the characteristics of the mode, the characteristics of the individual, and the characteristics of the trip. Results show that travelers, especially those of lower income, respond to higher gasoline prices by choosing alternative modes in greater numbers, suggesting rural intercity bus, van, and rail ridership would increase if gasoline prices rose. Results also show that age, gender, income, transit experience, traveler attitudes, travel time, trip purpose, and party size affect mode choice.
Planning Techniques for Intercity Transportation Services
Author: Frederic D. FravelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bus lines
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Rural Passenger Transportation Primer
Author: Transportation Systems Center. Technology Sharing Program OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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