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Title:

Investigating Efficiency Benefits of Campus Transit System

Accession Number:

01333007

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

This study investigated the efficiency benefits of a campus transit system—Tiger Transit at Auburn University. The analysis compared transit versus personal vehicles for weighing efficiency benefits with consideration of parameters such as fuel economy, environmental impact, reduced parking demand, and other associate user driving cost saving. The analysis concluded that transit ridership resulted in approximately 3,500 vehicles per day being removed from traffic in and around the university during the fall of 2004. This greatly reduced the demand for scarce parking resources, however, resulted into negative environmental impact. To improve the efficiency benefits of this system, further actions may be considered by the university to increase transit ridership and reduce the fuel consumption and environmental impact of the transit system.

Monograph Accession #:

01329018

Report/Paper Numbers:

11-1263

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Chaudhari, Jaydeepkumar P
Ye, Zhirui

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2011

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

References (13) ; Tables (6)

Identifier Terms:

Auburn University

Uncontrolled Terms:

Personal vehicles

Subject Areas:

Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2011 Paper #11-1263

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 17 2011 5:44PM