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Evaluation of transit route development : a case study of Downeast Transportation Inc.'s Bucksport, Maine, bus route.

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  • Creators:
    Duquette, Andrea ; Puckett, Martin ; Tardiff, Sandra
  • Corporate Creators:
    Maine. Dept. of Transportation. Transportation Research Division
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  • Publication/ Report Number:
    42830
  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
    Maine
  • Corporate Publisher:
    Maine. Dept. of Transportation
  • Abstract:
    The number of journal articles, books, and research related to rural transit has ; increased somewhat in the past decade; however, there has been little transit research on ; rural Maine. Maine citizens rely heavily on personal vehicles for transportation due to ; variety of reasons mostly attributed to the rural character of Maine. Attempts to create ; transit systems have been limited, and implemented systems have had limited success. ; The Bucksport Public Transit route operated by Downeast Transportation Incorporated ; (DTI) has been a success, outliving other rural routes. The purpose of this study is to ; examine factors that have led to the success of this particular route. Interviews, surveys, ; and literature reviews have identified key factors that can be considered when developing ; transit routes in rural areas. ; This research is completed primarily for the use of Maine Department of ; Transportation’s Office of Passenger Transportation (OPT). OPT assists local bus ; companies in developing and funding local passenger bus service. One task involved in ; this role is reviewing requests for grant assistance. This study of the Bucksport Public ; Transit route has been undertaken to help expedite future reviews of funding requests.
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Download URL:
    https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28472/dot_28472_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 236.08 KB]
  • Collection(s):
    US Transportation Collection
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:9026c8f37b8e06ee35c03d2d2167b5e2371200da9094a7f5d4a74b7f42bad461
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