Mobility match study in Prince George's County, Maryland

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• Creators:
  Sajovec, J. ; Lerner, A. ; Freidenfeld, D. ; Fravel, F. ; Bower, M.
• Corporate Contributors:
  JHK & Associates
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Demand responsive transportation
  • Suburbs
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA-MD-26-0005-94-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Maryland
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  677934
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Planning and Policy
• Abstract:
  The primary focus of this study was to develop non-traditional transit ; alternatives to better serve the residents of Prince George's County. The study ; identified the transportation needs of the area, evaluated the applicabilty of ; traditional and non-traditional transit options and developed an implementation ; plan for the selected transportation services. The project selected likely ; destination areas for non-traditional transit services in the County using ; census demographic data; information on location of major employment, retail, ; and educational centers; and an inventory of available transit service in the ; County. The potential number of users of non-traditional transit was estimated ; on the basis of the distance from employee residences to employment clusters, ; accessibility via existing transit service, and assessed need and ; non-traditional transit potential of residential communities. ; A range of non-traditional transit options was developed to serve the needs of ; several key areas in the County. Detailed operating and implementation plans ; were developed for three of the options. One of the recommended options is the ; shuttle operated with small buses, developed to serve the needs of the Prince ; George's Plaza/Hyattsville areas. This options would improve the livability of ; these communities. A second option provides a connection between a major ; hospital (currently unserved by transit) with nearby residential communities and ; a majro shopping center in the County. This service would be operated as fixed ; route during the peak periods and route deviated service during off-peak hours. ; The third recommended service is another community-oriented bus that provides ; frequent connections between a newly developed residential community, metro ; stations and retail establishments. The study recommends teh implementation of ; the three options to evaluate teh applicability of the proposed non-traditional ; transit in serving the needs of suburban communities.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  MD-26-0005
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13363/dot_13363_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 23.03 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a374fbff6dea26ca7a3c86c2388db65768e9c9070f2391728a15585bfa4f69e4