Examining the Influence of Multidestination Service Orientation on Transit Service Productivity: A Multivariate Analysis
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2008
Subject Area
planning - route design, place - urban, mode - mass transit
Keywords
Urban transit, Transit, Routes and routing, Ridership, Public transit, Productivity, Production rate, Patronage (Transit ridership), Mass transit, Local transit, Level of service, Decentralization
Abstract
Although transit agencies added service in the decade between 1990 and 2000, the ridership increase failed to keep pace with the service increase, resulting in a decline in service productivity. Studies partly attribute this phenomenon to transit agency decisions to decentralize their service rather than focus on serving the traditional central business district market. The current paper investigates whether a non-traditional, decentralized service orientation, called multidestination service, results in reduced service productivity. The authors found that, although the trend toward productivity declines is continuing, metropolitan areas whose transit agencies pursued a multidestination service orientation did not experience lower productivity and in many cases experienced higher productivity as a result of this service decision.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Jeffrey, Thompson, Gregory. (2008). Examining the Influence of Multidestination Service Orientation on Transit Service Productivity: A Multivariate Analysis. Transportation: Planning, Policy, Research, Practice, Volume 35, Issue 2, pp 237-252.
