Small City Transit: Amherst, Massachusetts: Free-Fare, Student Operated Transit in a University Community

Details

• Creators:
  Casey, Robert F. ; Michener, W.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • City planning
  • Public transit
  • Small cities
  • Universities and colleges
  • Free fares
  • Local government
  • Students
  • Urban development
  • Urban transportation
  • Campus transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-UMTA-76-5-2;UMTA-MA-06-0049-76-2
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1526665
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Massachusetts
• Edition:
  Technical report; Apr 1975-Mar 1976
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Abstract:
  Amherst, Massachusetts, is an illustration of a free-fare transit service serving a university campus. This case study is one of thirteen examples of a transit service in a small community. The background of the community is discussed along with a description of the implementation process and operational characteristics of the transit service. The process through which the community responds to the specific needs for transit service within the local context is stressed.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  UM627/R6706
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10210/dot_10210_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 795.14 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8b41300170fbf2db1f6ecf6661cf014835d178caa81f3b9e4f8874b9f5103e35