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The development of multidestinational transit service in Portland, Oregon, is described, from both policy and operational perspectives, particularly the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a timed-transfer system in Portland's suburban Westside. The transit system in Portland developed with a radial orientation as did most systems in North America. In the 1970s, there was a major change in transportation policy in the Portland region that encouraged development of a transit system that would serve the more diverse travel patterns that had emerged in the area since the 1950s. Tri-Met staff began preparation of the first phase of this service reorientation in 1978, a timed-transfer system for the suburban Westside. Service was implemented in June 1979, and new transit ridership far exceeded expectations. Weekday ridership increased by 40 percent after one year of operation. More important, local travel within the Westside, particularly nonwork and nonpeak trips, increased dramatically. Several schedule adjustments were made during the first year of operation, especially on the trunk lines, to improve the reliability of transfer connections at the transit centers. Tri-Met has introduced additional timed-transfer service in other suburban communities as a result of the success of the Westside service.

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1982

Transportation Research Record

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Operations; Planning; Quality of service; Ridership; Scheduling; Suburbs; Timed transfer; Transfers

Portland (Oregon)

Portland (Oregon)

Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

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Apr 29 1983 12:00AM

• 1981 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA TRAVEL SURVEY
• ANALYSIS OF A FARE INCREASE BY USE OF TIME-SERIES AND BEFORE-AND-AFTER DATA
• COMMUTER PARKING AT A ROUTE-TERMINAL METRORAIL STATION
• DECISION MODELS FOR TRANSIT STATION DESIGN (ABRIDGMENT)
• DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC TRANSIT SUBSIDIES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
• EMERGING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION
• EVOLUTION OF TRANSIT INVESTMENT MEASURES IN MINNESOTA
• EXAMINING LIKELY CONSEQUENCES OF A NEW TRANSIT FARE POLICY
• FORMULA FOR ALLOCATION OF WMATA METRORAIL SUBSIDY REQUIREMENT
• GENERAL-PURPOSE SOLUTION METHODOLOGY FOR THE BUS GARAGE LOCATION PROBLEM. (ABRIDGMENT)
• GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND TRANSIT POTENTIAL: CASE STUDY IN ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY
• IMPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL AND SPATIAL TRENDS FOR TRANSIT OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
• MULTISTAGE APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING TRANSIT COSTS
• PLANNING AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK, TRANSPORTATION CENTER
• PROFILE OF MONTHLY PASS USERS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
• PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN DECENTRALIZATION: CONFLICT OR ACCORD? (DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE)
• RAPID TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT IN MEDIUM-SIZED URBAN AREAS: A COMPARISON OF PLANNING AND DECISIONMAKING IN TWO CANADIAN CITIES
• SIMULTANEOUS-EQUATIONS ANALYSIS OF GROWTH IN BUS ROUTE PATRONAGE IN SAN DIEGO
• TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF RUNNING TIME IN TRANSIT SYSTEMS. (ABRIDGMENT)
• TRANSIT OPERATING COSTS AND FARE REQUIREMENTS FORECASTING BY USING REGRESSION MODELING
• TRANSIT SERVICES IN COASTAL RECREATION AREAS (ABRIDGMENT)
• TURNKEY PARK-AND-RIDE DEVELOPMENT
• USE OF SAMPLING IN BUS-LINE DATA COLLECTION