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More cost-effective procedures for Section 15 ride check sampling are developed and integrated with the overall planning and operations analysis data needs of Madison Metro, a medium-sized bus system serving Madison, Wisconsin. To develop and test alternative sampling plans, data from three primary sources were used: daily electronic farebox passenger counts, 100% ride checks for an "equivalent weekday," and Section 15 sample data for 2 years. Analysis of the primary data suggested that a boardings-based ratio estimate of passenger miles with stratification by week with round trips as the sample unit provides the most cost-effective Section 15 sampling plan. For Madison Metro a sample of only two round trips per week will meet the 10% precision requirement. Extension of the sampling plan for operational planning is possible by expanding the sample unit to two consecutive round trips. The resulting expanded sampling plan would update the equivalent weekday ride check data base in only 3 years.

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p. 82-89

1993

Transportation Research Record

Figures (1) ; References (12) ; Tables (5)

Cost effectiveness; Information, data, and knowledge; Operations; Planning; Sampling

Madison Metro (Madison, Wisconsin); Urban Mass Transportation Act

Data needs

Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

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