Effects of ITS on Transit System Cost Structures

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• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Transit operating agencies
  • Cost effectiveness
  • ITS program applications
  • Financial analysis
  • Cost structures
  • Transit systems
  • Technologies
  • Transit agencies
  • Policies
  • Methodology
• Publication/ Report Number:
  EDL #13779
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Abstract:
  The operation of public transit system has undergone significant changes over the past five decades. In the 1960s, most U.S. transit systems were privately owned and received little federal assistance. Most transit systems in the United States are currently owned publicly and generally operated by city, county, or statewide agencies. This paper examines the cost structure of selected public transit systems that have installed and utilized Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies for transit or transit ITS over time. The study reviews the trends of capital expenditure and operating costs incurred by individual clusters of public agencies and estimates the service and cost efficiencies achieved by each cluster over time. The results of the analysis are used to evaluate the type and intensity of transit ITS technologies that may promote improved cost and service over time given a transit agencies operational characteristics. Appendix, 6 tables, 4 figures.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4368/dot_4368_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 74.21 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; ITSJPO Digital Library
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