Economic Impact Analysis of Georgia’s Rural and Small Urban Transit Systems, Volume 1
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2020-12-01
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Edition:Final Report (August 2018–December 2020)
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Abstract:On March 30, 2017, the Georgia Legislature passed House Resolution 848 to create a Commission on Transit Governance and Funding. The Commission’s mission is to “study and assess the needs for and means of providing a system of mass transportation…in the state and [identify] potential methods of funding such systems” (HR 848). Currently, the State of Georgia has 21 distinct Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant recipients that provide transit service to 14 urban areas and 114 counties with rural populations. Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is responsible for administering and providing oversite for FTA grants received by small urban areas with a population less than 200,000 and rural counties. The establishment of the Commission shines a spotlight on transit in Georgia. To justify additional funding for transit, the Commission will need information on the economic impact of the provision of transit services on the State’s economy. The final report for this project is divided into two volumes. Volume 1 quantifies these economic impacts in the rural and small urban areas that fall under GDOT’s responsibility. Volume 2 conducts an analysis of mobility and accessibility in rural areas in Georgia using a database of rural transit trips and provides a high-level assessment of costs of expanding and initiating service from 6 AM – 4 PM Monday through Saturday in all Georgia counties with rural populations. The analysis shows that expansion and initiation of service at the proposed level would increase ridership by 400,000 (or 38 percent from FY 2018 levels) and costs by $9M (or about 21 percent from FY 2018 levels). Further, many of the areas in which service would be initiated are in counties with the lowest levels of accessibilities.
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