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Rapid decentralization of population and employment over the past several decades has chipped away at the U.S. transit industry's market share. The implications of decentralization on the ridership, operating performance, and fiscal health of the nation's largest transit operators are examined. On the basis of the results of a national survey, a number of service strategies that offer hope for reversing transit's decline are explored, including timed transfers, paratransit services, reverse commute and specialized runs, employer-sponsored van pools, and high-occupancy-vehicle and dedicated busway facilities. Land use options, like traditional neighborhood designs and transit-based housing, are also examined. A discussion of various institutional, pricing and organizational considerations when implementing suburban-targeted service reforms and land use initiatives is also provided. Century-old models involving joint public-private development of communities and transit facilities, it is argued, also deserve reconsideration.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1451, Public Transportation 1994: Current Research in Planning and Development; Management, Marketing, and Fare Policy; and Technology. 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

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Administration; Busways; Cities; Decentralization; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Institutional issues; Joint development; Land use; Paratransit services; Pricing; Public transit; Reverse commuting; Ridership; Socioeconomic development; Strategic planning; Suburbs; Timed transfer; Transit operators; Vanpools

Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society

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