Scheduled Intercity Transportation: Rural Service Areas in the United States

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Intercity transportation
  • Rural areas
  • Rural transportation
  • Tables (Data)
  • Mobility
  • Accessibility
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1501419
• Resource Type:
  Statistical Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Abstract:
  To identify how many of the country's 82.4 million rural residents are within the reasonable coverage radius of at least one intercity transportation facility, in 2003 the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) undertook a geospatial analysis using Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to plot these facilities. Reasonable coverage radius was defined as 25 miles around bus and rail stations and smaller airports. For medium and large hub airports, the study used a wider 75-mile coverage radius. These parameters are based on commonly used assumptions within the passenger transportation industry and previous work done by BTS and the Office of the Secretary of Transportation.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35467/dot_35467_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 252.71 KB]
• Collection(s):
  BTS Products
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c6f02fc5bfb40d02c0f9b23b46c9c7a55b5445c74e787d7765c93fa96f9e8aef