Efficient transportation for Vermont : optimal statewide transit networks.

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• Creators:
  Sullivan, Jim ; Aultman-Hall, Lisa, 1968- ; Watts, Richard ; Belz, Nathan
• Corporate Contributors:
  University of Vermont. Transportation Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bus Transit Public Transit
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UVM TRC Report # 11-002
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Vermont
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Vermont. Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  "Public transit systems are receiving increased attention as viable solutions to problems with
  
  transportation system robustness, energy-efficiency and equity. The over-reliance on a single
  
  mode, the automobile, is a threat to system robustness. Increasingly, policy-makers and
  
  planners are espousing transportation systems with more options where robustness and
  
  equity gains come from the redundancy of alternative modes. For public transit, equity
  
  considerations range from ensuring that the network is fully “connected” (avoiding the “you
  
  can’t get there from here” problem), to providing access to critical destinations (e.g., grocery
  
  stores or health care facilities) for people without cars (Alam, 2009). Energy-efficiency gains
  
  in transit systems result when there are higher vehicle-occupancy rates which lower energy
  
  use per passenger-mile (Davis et al. 2009).
  
  This is one of two reports stemming from a project that sought to improve our understanding
  
  of the ways in which the Vermont statewide transportation system efficiency can be
  
  improved. In this report, we envision a series of “optimal” idealized transit-networks for the
  
  state of Vermont, based on the competing motivations of efficiency and equity, and compare
  
  those idealized networks to the existing one. The main objective is to measure the potential
  
  levels of efficiency and equity, as well as the potential gains that could result from redesigning
  
  the statewide fixed-route bus service. Finally, the location of existing park and
  
  ride facilities are considered relative to the existing and idealized transit networks."
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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