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Title:

TRANSIT USER IDENTIFICATION IN AN EMPLOYER-BASED SUBSIDY PROGRAM (ABRIDGMENT)

Accession Number:

00341776

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309032113

Abstract:

A transit assistance program was provided to all state employees in Iowa to encourage public transit use and to decrease the demand for parking facilities. The state subsidized 50 percent of the cost of monthly passes. The objectives of this paper are to identify the distinguishing characteristics of program subscribers and nonsubscribers and the consistency of factors in different cities. Discriminant analysis models were used to identify the relative importance of socioeconomic, transportation, and attitudinal factors. The most important characteristic for distinguishing between users and nonusers was the attitudinal variable. Socioeconomic factors were generally more important discriminating variables than were transportation supply factors. Transit cost was the policy variable manipulated by the transit subsidy program, but cost differences were not significant in the discriminant models once the attitudinal factor was already included. The discriminant models correctly classified approximately 80 percent of the users and nonusers in the city in which they were calibrated as well as in the other cities studied. The results suggest that, even though the transit service and community characteristics are variable, consistency in the behavioral responses is sufficient to allow transfer of information from city to city. However, the models from the research are not forecasting tools for general application because they are based on nonproportionate sample sizes. (Author)

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Public Transportation Planning and Development. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Accession #:

01411610

Authors:

Kannel, Edward J
Yun-Hao Woo, Richard
Polito, Stephen J

Pagination:

pp 24-26

Publication Date:

1981

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 797
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

60th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1981-1-12 to 1981-1-16

ISBN:

0309032113

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References (5) ; Tables (3)

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 22 1981 12:00AM

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