Guide to Joint Development for Public Transportation Agencies: Appendices

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alden S. Raine ◽  
James Gast ◽  
Robert Cervero ◽  
Dena Belzer ◽  
Todd J. Poole ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Joint Development ◽  
Transportation Agencies

The Youth Pass

2017 ◽  
Vol 2652 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Thistle ◽  
Laurel Paget-Seekins
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Attrition Rate ◽  
Massachusetts Bay ◽  
Local Municipalities ◽  
Pass Program ◽  
Transit Agencies ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Transportation Agencies ◽  
Adequate Data

Public transportation agencies provide reduced fares to seniors, students, and disabled people, but only infrequently provide discounts to low-income members of the general population. A major reason for this is that it is difficult and labor-intensive for transit agencies to determine who is of low income. To address societal need and pilot the feasibility of such a program, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) piloted a program for young people who were unable to receive reduced fares in another way. The MBTA partnered with local municipalities, and applicants proved their eligibility for the program through partner offices. The research requirements in the program provided adequate data to evaluate the effects of the program, but the requirements themselves negatively affected participation and attrition in the pilot. The ways the research affected participation are explored in detail, particularly the attrition rate of subjects throughout the study. It was found that the research requirements disproportionately affected those of very low income as well as African-American and Hispanic participants. Using the data from the pilot, the MBTA decided to implement a full youth pass program benefiting those populations without the barriers of the pilot.

scholarly journals Estimating Cost Savings of Coordinating Regional Non-Emergency Human Transport Services

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryoichi Sakano ◽  
Julian Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Transportation Agencies ◽  
Human Transport ◽  
Current Operating

Local public transportation agencies provide a nonemergency human transport service to nearby hospitals and doctors' offices. Some users require specialized medical services at a hospital located out of the normal service area. In the Piedmont/Triad region of North Carolina, the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) began PART Connections in April 2004, to provide two daily transportation services between the Piedmont/Triad area and the UNC/Duke medical areas. Using current operating cost data of participating transportation systems, round-trip costs to the UNC/Duke medical areas from each county and to the nearest PART Connections stop are estimated. Given the actual number of passengers served by PART Connections during the first nine-month period of the service, the net saving in the operating cost by participating PART Connections is estimated for each system. Then, the total service hours saved by using PART Connections are estimated for each system, and are used to estimate the number of additional passengers served within the system. It is estimated that PART Connections could provide a net saving of $38,000 on operation expenses annually to the participating four county transportation systems. More importantly, PART Connections would enable the four county systems to provide more than 10,000 additional passenger trips within each county annually, by using the saved resources. In addition, 12 local community transportation providers in 15 western counties of the Piedmont/Triad region, which currently do not participate in PART Connections, are estimated to save a modest $9,600 in total annually, by using PART Connections.

Factors Affecting Workforce Resilience in Public Transportation Agencies

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 04021018
Author(s):  
Kristal Metro ◽  
Christofer Harper ◽  
Susan M. Bogus
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Transportation Agencies

The Billionaire’s Ambitions

Last Subway ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 49-72
Author(s):  
Philip Mark Plotch
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
York City ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
East Side ◽  
Legislative Session ◽  
Transportation Agencies ◽  
The City ◽  
Grand Vision

This chapter assesses the roles played by New York governor Nelson Rockefeller and New York City mayor John Lindsay, as well as William Ronan, in transforming the transportation system. Ronan, Rockefeller, and Lindsay all realized that improving public transportation was critical to strengthening the economy of the city and the region. They were also well aware of the benefits of a Second Avenue subway, since all three of them lived on the Upper East Side. After Lindsay failed to reorganize the transportation agencies, Rockefeller and Ronan developed their own grand vision for the region's transportation network, and in December of 1966, Ronan stepped down from his post as secretary to begin implementing their plan. At the beginning of the state's 1967 legislative session, Rockefeller and Ronan announced their two-pronged approach. First, they proposed integrating the New York City Transit Authority and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) into the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (MCTA). In addition, Rockefeller and Ronan would seek voter approval to borrow $2.5 billion that would be dedicated for roadway and public transportation improvements across the state. In 1967, the governor and Ronan obtained the support they needed to transform the transportation network, a feat that Lindsay had not been able to accomplish.

scholarly journals ASSESSING URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK IN KLANG VALLEY

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor Ashikin Abd Rahman ◽  
Yusfida Ayu Abdullah ◽  
Na'asah Nasrudin ◽  
Zaharah Mohd Yusoff
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Urban Mobility ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Klang Valley ◽  
Transportation Agencies

This study has a special interest in urban public transportation institutional framework in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. The notions for the topic were developed from issues regarding institutional framework in delivering urban public transportation. Although the current urban public transport in Klang Valley has improved, there are still issues concerning the institutional framework. To date, there is no single regulator or agency with the express and overriding responsibilities for strategic management of the public transport system in KlangValley. The purpose of this study is therefore to assess the current urban public transportation institutional and governance framework especially towards urban mobility. To achieve this, the study employs the content analysis and case study method, using the purposive sampling approach for expert interviews in gaining the data from participants of related agencies. It examines the importance of public transportation frameworks and present status of current transport development, as well as the roles of urban transportation agencies involved in delivering urban public transport. Results demonstrated that urban public transportation is delivered through multiple agencies with separate roles, not counting the inconsistency of various policies. Hence, the expectation of this study is to suggest practical approaches to improve the current institutional framework of urban public transportation.

scholarly journals Conformity Analysis of GTFS Routes and Bus Trajectories

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreza Raquel M. Queiroz ◽  
Veruska B. Santos ◽  
Dimas C. Nascimento ◽  
Carlos Eduardo S. Pires
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Data Format ◽  
The Public ◽  
Standard Data ◽  
Transportation Agencies

General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) is a standard data format generated by transportation agencies of most of the cities worldwide to provide scheduled data of their services. Despite being the standard in the public transportation field, applications that consume GTFS data may face two problems: outdated versions, since some transportation agencies do not provide GTFS in the same frequency that transit changes; and discrepancy with positioning data sent by the buses. This paper provides a conformity analysis of GTFS routes and bus positioning data from multiple cities. We have found inconsistencies related to GPS route labels and GTFS routes. We also classify the conformity of bus trajectories and enumerate the main inconsistencies found in data analysis.

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