LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM A NEW COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1992
Subject Area
operations - capacity, planning - surveys, land use - planning, ridership - commuting, policy - parking, mode - rail
Keywords
User needs, Trip distribution, Transportation planning, Surveys, Ridership, Railroad transportation, Rail transportation, Patronage (Transit ridership), Parking capacity, Parking, Needs assessment, Florida, Commuting
Abstract
The article discusses the new commuter rail service of southeast Florida, the Tri-County Commuter Rail Authority, including its performance characteristics. Comments are made on rail implementation in a non-traditional transit market characterized by low densities. Two major analyses are noted: an on-board survey and a peer review analysis. The results of these two studies are presented to provide an over-all status report for the Tri-Rail system and to suggest lessons that can be learned for other communities. This article presents an overview of the system, the weekday ridership profile, user satisfaction and feeder bus service, as well as the availability of parking, and performance measures. Corridor location is discussed, and comments are made on trip purpose distribution.
Recommended Citation
Ball, W, Polzin, S, (1992) LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM A NEW COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM, ITE Journal, Volume 62, Issue 12, p. 52-56.
