Flex-Route Transit Service with Different Degree of Dynamism

Key words: monetary policy, commodity trade foreign exchange reserves, balance of payments, oil and gas, balance, transportation, transit service, international, capital, perspective

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A Dynamic Mode Transit Service Choice Model to Design Ex-Urban Transport Service Timetables

Schedule-Based Dynamic Transit Modeling: theory and applications - Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series ◽

10.1007/978-1-4757-6467-3_2 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 25-41

Author(s):

E. Cascetta ◽

A. Papola

Keyword(s):

Choice Model ◽

Urban Transport ◽

Dynamic Mode ◽

Transport Service ◽

Transit Service ◽

Service Choice

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Comparison of Two Common Approaches to Public Transit Service Equity Evaluation

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.3141/2531-20 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2531 (1) ◽

pp. 170-179 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Alex Karner ◽

Aaron Golub

Keyword(s):

Census Data ◽

Public Transit ◽

Transit System ◽

The Public ◽

Transit Service ◽

Transit Ridership ◽

Data Source ◽

Equity Evaluation ◽

Equity Effects ◽

Service Change

Understanding the equity effects of transit service changes requires good information about the demographics of transit ridership. Onboard survey data and census data can be used to estimate equity effects, although there is no clear reason to conclude that these two sources will lead to the same findings. Guidance from the FTA recommends the use of either of these data sources to estimate equity impacts. This study made a direct comparison of the two methods for the public transit system in the Phoenix, Arizona, metropolitan area. The results indicated that although both sources were acceptable for FTA compliance, the use of one or the other could affect whether a proposed service change was deemed equitable. In other words, the outcome of a service change equity analysis could differ as a result of the data source used. To ensure the integrity and meaning of such analyses, FTA should recommend the collection and use of ridership data for conducting service change analyses to supplement approaches that are based on census data.

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