Assessing the efficiency of mass transit systems in the United States.

Details

• Creators:
  Min, Hokey
• Corporate Creators:
  Mineta National Transit Research Consortium
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Urban transit
  • Performance
  • Demand responsive transportation
  • Metrics (Quantitative assessment)
  • Benchmarks
  • Mass transit systems
  • transit
  • performance metrics
  • data
  • envelopment analysis
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CA-MNTRC-16-1235 ; MNTRC REPORT 12-63
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  California ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mineta National Transit Research Consortium
• Abstract:
  Frustrated with increased parking problems, unstable gasoline prices, and stifling traffic congestion, a growing number of ; metropolitan city dwellers consider utilizing the mass transit system. Reflecting this sentiment, a ridership of the mass transit ; system across the United States has been on the rise for the past several years. A growing demand for the mass transit system, ; however, necessitates the expansion of service offerings, the improvement of basic infrastructure/routes, and the additional ; employment of mass transit workers, including drivers and maintenance crews. Such a need requires the optimal allocation of ; financial and human resources to the mass transit system in times of shrinking budgets and government downsizing. Thus, the ; public transit authority is faced with the dilemma of “doing more with less.” That is to say, the public transit authority needs to ; develop a “lean” strategy which can maximize transit services with the minimum expenses. To help the public transit authority ; develop such a lean strategy, this report identifies the best-in-class practices in the U.S. transit service sector and proposes ; transit policy guidelines that can best exploit lean principles built upon best-in-class practices.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRT12-G-UTC21
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32256/dot_32256_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 866.79 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:21f9efe52929af64e04277989ba5cb8e596b79f19fa1086bf23a3d826fc03392