Telecommunications and Its Future Role in the Public Transportation Arena

Details

• Creators:
  Hendricks, Sara J. ; Winters, Philip L. ; Dyhouse, Cecilia
• Corporate Creators:
  University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation ; Florida. Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Public transit
  • Telecommunications
  • Telecommuting
  • Demand responsive transportation
  • Travel behavior
  • Transportation planning
  • Technological innovations
  • Impacts
  • Mass transit
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Report No. NCTR 416-01
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida
• Corporate Publisher:
  National Center for Transit Research (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The objective of this report is to investigate current conditions in the application of telecommunications to TDM programs that support public transportation statewide. The report provides the results of a survey of transit agencies nationwide to ascertain whether transit agencies are currently using or plan to use telecommuting and telecommunications in their program of services in the future. The research also identifies trends in the telecommunications industry that may have a bearing on travel behavior and subsequent public transit planning. The report provides recommendations on how transit and other transportation agencies can respond to changing ; conditions.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14946/dot_14946_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 270.46 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2cec73aaf81c5c4747ab81d70d03504fbb425ffa590c40164a2b43b3529b332c