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To achieve an equitable distribution of its transit service, the Southern California Rapid Transit District intends to allocate service by formula to the communities it serves. The formula would have measures of ridership and population. Before a decision maker can set the relative weights of these two variables, the effect on service levels in the various constituencies must be determined. This paper describes a study that determined the formula that came closest to prescribing the existing levels of service. Data on population, service levels, and ridership were obtained from a system of area accounts, in which data are maintained at the census-tract level and then aggregated into larger areas as required. Regression was used to determine that the formula that best fit existing service levels would have weights of 48 percent on ridership and 52 percent on population. It was found that a better fit was obtained when service was measured in dollars expended rather than in bus kilometers. (Author)

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1980

Transportation Research Record

59th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Bus transit; Cost allocation; Equity; Level of service; Population; Ridership

Allocation models

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

TRIS, TRB

Oct 28 1982 12:00AM

• 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
• ORGANIZATION THEORY AND THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF TRANSIT AGENCIES. ABRIDGMENT
• 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