Small City Transit Characteristics: an Overview

Kendall, D.; Misner, J.; Stearns, Mary D.; Waksman, R.; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)

doi:10.21949/1526680

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Small City Transit Characteristics: an Overview

1976-03-01
By Kendall, D. ; Misner, J. ; Stearns, Mary D. ; ...

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Kendall, D. ; Misner, J. ; Stearns, Mary D. ; Waksman, R.

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John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
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Alternatives Analysis Buses Cities Cities And Towns City Planning Communities Demand Responsive Transportation Fare Collection Fixed Routes Public Transit Scheduling Small Towns Transportation Management Transportation Operations Transportation Systems Travel Demand Urban Development Urban Transportation
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-TSC-UMTA-76-5-1;UMTA-MA-06-0049-76-1
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21949/1526680
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

California;Connecticut;Indiana;Massachusetts;Michigan;North Carolina;Ohio;Oregon;Washington;Wisconsin
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Abstract:

The report is based on information and operating data from thirteen small community transit systems which were studied as part of a larger project on small community transit and its potential. It summarizes organizational, institutional, and operational aspects of the case studies and contains an analysis of some of the relationships among service, cost and community response. Hypotheses are offered regarding the types of trips which are served, the cost and service trade-offs which are relevant when choosing between fixed-route and demand-responsive modes of operation, the critical variables such as labor agreements and maintenance arrangements which affect operating costs, the level of subsidy which may be anticipated, and the trade-offs between single-ride fares and transit passes as a means of fare collection. A number of conclusions are offered which bear on these topics, but the uniqueness of each community situation is stressed as an often dominant factor. The thirteen communities used for this study are: Amherst, Massachusetts; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Bremerton, Washington; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; East Chicago, Indiana; El Cajon, California; Eugene/Springfield, Oregon; Evansville, Indiana; Merced, California; Merrill, Wisconsin; Sudbury, Massachusetts; Westport, Connecticut; Xenia, Ohio.
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MA-06-0049
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Volpe Center
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urn:sha256:85d7570347e3e4ff59de1efb410b2ab6eeda13749cb885ec6196693442703d44
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