The impacts of welfare reform on rural public transportation patronage

Details

• Creators:
  Marshment, Richard S. ; Wedel, Kenneth
• Corporate Contributors:
  Mack-Blackwell National Rural Transportation Study Center (U.S.) ; Oklahoma. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Public transit
  • Rural transit
  • Forecasting
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Ridership
  • Welfare recipients
  • Low income groups
  • Mode choice
  • Households
  • Level of service
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MBTC 1082
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mack-Blackwell National Rural Transportation Study Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  This study examines alternative means of forecasting rural public transportation patronage with explicit attention to persons likely to be affected by welfare to work requirements. Original data gathered on rural transit and auto commuters provides a basis for determining the influence of service quality and household characteristics on rural commute mode choice. Alternative specifications of a binary logit type model failed to produce a method deemed adequate for patronage forecasting. Significant variables included travel time (no distinction between in-vehicle and out-of-vehicle time found), travel cost, number of drivers in the household, the age of the commuter, and whether the commuter had ever received welfare benefits. Despite the lack of conclusive empirical results, we observed rural public transportation operators serving welfare to work clients.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14182/dot_14182_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 131.10 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1247d48fcea2530ede4079ce0886f768ef4f74d65b3334517b517dac8344ee04