Fixed-route Transit Ridership Forecasting and Service Planning Methods
Fixed-route Transit Ridership Forecasting and Service Planning Methods

Author: Daniel K. Boyle

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 030909772X

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 66: Fixed-Route Transit Ridership Forecasting and Service Planning Methods examines the state of the practice in fixed-route transit ridership forecasting and service planning. The report also explores forecasting methodologies, resource requirements, data inputs, and organizational issues. In addition, the report analyzes the impacts of service changes and reviews transit agency assessments of the effectiveness and reliability of their methods and of desired improvements.

Toolkit for Estimating Demand for Rural Intercity Bus Services
Toolkit for Estimating Demand for Rural Intercity Bus Services

Author: Frederic D. Fravel

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 030921338X

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TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 147: Toolkit for Estimating Demand for Rural Intercity Bus Services provides a sketch-planning guide and supporting CD-ROM–based tools that can be used to forecast demand for rural intercity bus services.

Elements Needed to Create High Ridership Transit Systems
Elements Needed to Create High Ridership Transit Systems

Author: TranSystems Corporation

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 0309098858

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"TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 111: Elements Needed to Create High-Ridership Transit Systems explores the strategies used by transit agencies to create high ridership. The report includes case studies that focus on the internal and external elements that contributed to successful ridership increases and examines how the transit agencies influenced or overcame internal and external challenges to increase ridership. The report includes a companion interactive CD-ROM that contains a database of individual transit agency ridership strategies linked to the strategies and examples presented in the report. The CD-ROM also contains a brochure that outlines the key elements identified in this report for increasing and sustaining ridership." -- publisher's website.