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Relationships between structural and performance variables were studied in 16 public transit organizations in California. Data were collected from archives, personal interviews, management surveys, and on-site observations. Statistical analyses focus on associations between structural variables and organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and employee commitment. Organization size, span of control, centralization, and length of managerial tenure were all associated with higher levels of organizational performance. Specialization and formalization were found to be associated with lower levels of performance on certain efficiency and effectiveness indicators. (Author)

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Transportation Research Record

59th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Administration; Data collection; Economic efficiency; Institutional issues; Performance; Size; Surveys; Transportation operations

Efficiency; Performance indicators

Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration

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Oct 28 1981 12:00AM

• ALLOCATION OF BUS TRANSIT SERVICE
• AUTOMATION IN PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS. ABRIDGMENT
• CONCEPT OF TRANSPORTATION NEED REVISITED
• EFFECTS OF SMALL-SCALE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS ON SAVING ENERGY
• ELASTICITY MEASURES OF BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE TO OFF-PEAK FREE-FARE TRANSIT
• EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT ROUTING CONFIGURATIONS IN A HYPOTHETICAL LOW-DENSITY AREA. ABRIDGMENT
• EVALUATION OF THE BARNSTABLE COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
• FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE LOCAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT EXPENDITURES. ABRIDGMENT
• INTEGRATED TRANSIT-NETWORK MODEL (INET): A NEW URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SYSTEM PROGRAM
• NEAR-SIDE OR FAR-SIDE BUS STOPS: A TRANSIT POINT OF VIEW
• STRATIFICATION APPROACH TO EVALUATION OF URBAN TRANSIT PERFORMANCE
• THE RUNAROUND: USER-SIDE SUBSIDIES FOR FIXED-ROUTE TRANSIT IN DANVILLE, ILLINOIS
• TIME STABILITY OF ATTITUDES TOWARD TRANSIT USE IN THE ORLANDO, FLORIDA, URBANIZED AREA. ABRIDGMENT
• VALUE OF URBAN TRANSIT OPERATING-COST MODELS AS FORECASTING TOOLS