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Title:

Uses of Social Media in Public Transportation
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Accession Number:

01369761

Record Type:

Monograph

Availability:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309223577

Abstract:

This synthesis explores the use of social media among transit agencies and documents successful practices in the United States and Canada. Social media are defined as a group of web-based applications that encourage users to interact with one another, such as blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Foursquare, and MySpace. Transit agencies have begun to adopt these networking tools to provide transit information as timely update, public service, citizen engagement, employee recognition, and entertainment. A review of the relevant literature was conducted. Because the field is new, there is not yet a large body of research available on social media. Relevant information was obtained from online sources, including blog posts, websites, conference presentations, online journals, and publications covering technology and governance. A selected survey of transportation providers in the United States and Canada known to use one or more social media platforms, and located in large metro, small urban, and rural areas, yielded a 90% response rate (34 of 39). Six transit providers participated in telephone interviews, highlighting more in-depth and additional details on successful practices, challenges, and lessons learned. These included providers in San Francisco, California; Dallas, Texas; Allentown, Pennsylvania; New York, New York; Morgantown, West Virginia; and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Report/Paper Numbers:

Project J-7, Topic SB-20

Language:

English

Authors:

Bregman, Susan

Pagination:

66p

Publication Date:

2012

Serial:

TCRP Synthesis of Transit Practice

Issue Number: 99
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 1073-4880

ISBN:

9780309223577

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Appendices; Figures; Glossary; Maps; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

May 11 2012 2:47PM