Transit services for sprawling areas with relatively low demand density : a pilot study in the Texas border’s colonias.

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• Creators:
  Quadrifoglio, Luca ; Chandra, Shailesh ; Shen, Chung-Wei
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Transit traffic
  • Urban transit
  • Rural transit
  • Demand responsive transportation
  • Heuristic methods
  • Traffic flow
  • Saturation flow
  • Public transit
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UTCM 07-02
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The colonias along the Texas-Mexico border are one of the most rapidly growing areas in Texas. ; Because of the relatively low-income of the residents and an inadequate availability of ; transportation services, the need for basic social activities for the colonias cannot be properly met. ; The objective of this study is a to have a better comprehension of the status quo of this ; communities, examine the potential demand for an improved transportation service as well as ; evaluate the capacity and optimum service time interval of a new demand responsive transit ; “feeder” service within one representative colonia, El Cenizo. We present a comprehensive ; analysis of the results of a survey conducted through a questionnaire to evaluate the existing ; travel patterns and the potential demand for a feeder service. The results from the subsequent ; simulation analysis showed that a single shuttle would be able to comfortably serve 150 ; passengers/day and that the optimal headway between consecutive departures from the terminal ; should be between 11-13 minutes for best service quality. This exploratory study should serve as ; a first step towards improving transportation services within these growing underprivileged ; communities, especially for those with demographics and geometry similar to our target area of ; El Cenizo.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT06-G-0044
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16877/dot_16877_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 814.52 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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