Measuring the performance of transit relative to livability.

Details

• Creators:
  Schlossberg, Marc ; Dill, Jennifer ; Ma, Liang ; Meyer, Cody
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Oregon. School of Planning, Public Policy and Management ; Portland State University
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Ridership
  • Land use
  • Urban design
  • Metropolitan areas
  • Public transit
  • Rail transit
  • Transportation planning
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-OR-RD-13-07
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Oregon
• Corporate Publisher:
  Oregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research Section ; Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium
• Abstract:
  This project sought to understand the relationship between urban form, transit service characteristics, and ridership measured at the stop level. Most previous work in this area has looked at these issues separately, by either linking system performance (e.g. on-time performance, cost, etc.) to ridership or exploring the connection between urban form (e.g. density) and transit use. This project synthesized these disparate approaches. While transit service characteristics (e.g. frequency, travel time, etc.) are important to help individuals reach their desired destinations, most transit users are pedestrians at the beginning and end of any transit trip. Therefore, focusing on the walkable zone around each transit stop was also important.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SPR 735;OTREC-RR-13-04
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23156/dot_23156_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.68 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:16b88d01652f00e7c12a742dec1b6ca67717506ac33e6fb47fb7310470deb11b8b3d50816115bd944cb2b96de80ec3d0976887d88151f177915ecccf5981291c