The Use of Profiles for Metropolitan Transit Authority Analysis

Details

• Creators:
  Womack, Katie N. ; Tress, Mark Von ; Fesenmaier, Julie
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Transit authorities
  • Performance
  • Socioeconomic factors
  • Data collection
  • Analysis
  • Metropolitan areas
  • profiles
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UMTA/TX-86/1081-lF
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Final Report: September, 1984 - April,1986
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  This report describes a methodology whereby transit systems were categorized into descriptive profiles on the basis of local socioeconomic and performance factors. The study showed that 267 transit systems in the U. S. can be profiled into seven categories based on nine socioeconomic/performance factors. Texas systems, with and without authority organization, were classified as average in general.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  3-10-85-1081
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/83818/dot_83818_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.10 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:85b3b76eba9219432d46c5cae027922a7d0aa56af9427c0419a40805d8da7e2c1d8b09272b521b12268b390dce58752a71962a511c4b836665a15f87be4b294f