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In the first application of its kind, the reporting system of Section 15 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act, as amended, is being used to support the development of a straightforward, routine, and comprehensive transit performance evaluation program in the state of Michigan. The methodology developed for Michigan satisfies the complementary needs to account for public funds invested in transit operation and development and to promote the efficient and effective use of these funds in the delivery of transit services. At the same time, the methodology avoids placing an additional burden of record keeping and reporting on individual transit operators. In the rapidly developing field of transit performance evaluation, these features are essential for state and local funding agenices to consider as part of any plans to develop a continuing evaluation program. In this paper, the Michigan program is described, and the features of the program that have general applicability for other areas concerned with transit performance measurement and evaluation are highlighted. (Author)

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Cost effectiveness; Evacuation; Measures of effectiveness; Performance; Reports; Transportation; Utilization

Data; Fund allocations; Transportation systems

Michigan

Administration and Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

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Oct 27 1981 12:00AM

• DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR A MEASURES FOR A MEDIUM-SIZED TRANSIT SYSTEM
• DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS IN TRANSIT MANAGEMENT
• EVALUATING POTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF HEADWAY CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR TRANSIT SYSTEMS
• HIERARCHICAL PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE AND CREW REQUIREMENTS FOR MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS
• INITIAL REACTIONS TO A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT BUS TRANSIT MALL IN HONOLULU
• NOTE ON BUS ROUTE EXTENSIONS (ABRIDGMENT)
• Operational Improvements in a Two-City Bus Transit Corridor
• PORTFOLIO MODEL OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR THE TRANSIT FIRM
• RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH ACCESSIBLE BUS SERVICES
• SYSTEMATIC PROCEDURE FOR ANALYSIS OF BUS GARAGE LOCATIONS
• TRANSIT RIDERSHIP IN AN INTENSE TRANSIT ENVIRONMENT: SOME OBSERVATIONS
• WHAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT POSSIBLE USER REACTIONS, AS SHOWN BY THE EXAMPLE OF PRICE SENSITIVITY