Lane Transit District “Curb Your Car” Project: Final Report

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• Alternative Title:
  LANE TRANSIT DISTRICT (LANE COUNTY, OR.) OREGON. "FHWA SPECIAL PROJECT."
• Creators:
  Zvonkovic, Paul
• Corporate Creators:
  Lane Transit District (Lane County, Or.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  Oregon. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bus Lines Bus Transit Commuting Fares Incentives Mode Choice Motor Carriers Public Transit Public Transportation Transit Riders
• Publication/ Report Number:
  OR-RD-01-11
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Oregon ; United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00811136
• OCLC Number:
  46926540
• Corporate Publisher:
  Federal Highway Administration
• Abstract:
  Lane Transit District has been active in utilizing transportation demand management techniques to encourage use of alternatives to the single occupant vehicle. In 1993, a ?Curb Your Car? project indicated that participating employees' use of alternative modes was increased using a program of education and incentives. However, the full impacts were difficult to measure due to low response to follow-up surveys. This project was initiated to provide additional data for analysis of the impacts that education and incentives have on mode choice. Twenty-six Oregon state government offices in the Eugene-Springfield area offered the program to their employees. The program offered free bus passes and rewards for use of alternative modes. Baseline and follow-up surveys provide information on the imLane Transit District has been active in utilizing transportation demand management techniques to encourage use of alternatives to the single occupant vehicle. In 1993, a ?Curb Your Car? project indicated that participating employees' use of alternative modes was increased using a program of education and incentives. However, the full impacts were difficult to measure due to low response to follow-up surveys. This project was initiated to provide additional data for analysis of the impacts that education and incentives have on mode choice. Twenty-six Oregon state government offices in the Eugene-Springfield area offered the program to their employees. The program offered free bus passes and rewards for use of alternative modes. Baseline and follow-up surveys provide information on the immediate and longer term impacts of this type of education/incentive program.mediate and longer term impacts of this type of education/incentive program.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:375a254fb2bf401724d1e48f3de2482ba4b3a810eea5d28033a32976bbbe121f
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14378/dot_14378_DS1.pdf
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