Cost and benefits of urban public transit in Texas. Interim report, July 1987-January 1990

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6839294

Lomax, T J; Memmott, J L

The study affirms that urban public transit systems in Texas provide an alternative to the private automobile in 18 urban areas and generate significant benefits to the users, communities served and the Texas economy. The purpose of the study was to examine the role of urban public transit systems in Texas and associated cost and benefits of transit operations. The report summarizes and documents data collected from federal, state, and local planning and transit agencies--transit operations, ridership characteristics, transit and automobile trip patterns, and impact of transit on urban congestion levels--and describes transit's role in each system along with resulting costs and benefits. The appendices in the report provide transit system operating statistics, roadway and transit travel, and HPMS output for calculating motorist benefits of transit. The data in the report can be used by transit agencies in Texas to compare operations, service, ridership characteristics, mode share and impact of transit on roadway operation.

• Research Organization: Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (USA). Texas Transportation Inst.
• OSTI ID: 6839294
• Report Number(s): PB-90-197609/XAB; TTI-2-10-89-2003-1F
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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