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Title: METROMOVER EXTENSIONS AND DOWNTOWN BUS SERVICE IN MIAMI
Accession Number: 00715520
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The results of survey of feeder bus service in the Miami Central Business District (CBD) serving the elevated Miami Metromover downtown fixed-guideway circulator system are analyzed. Two extension legs of the Metromover (Omni and Brickell) opened in May 1994. The original plans for the Metromover extensions recommended that all CBD-oriented bus routes that operated in proximity to the new extensions be truncated at those locations. According to the original plans, the Metromover would become the major collector and distributor for Metrobus routes serving the CBD, as it currently functions for the Metrorail service. The purpose of this study was (a) to present the current operating characteristics of Metrobus service to and within the Miami CBD, (b) to analyze the impacts on existing bus riders for both travel time and cost introduced by the transfers from bus to mover on the opening of the new extensions, and (c) to set priorities on bus routes for potential truncation. The report's recommendations include an incremental approach for route truncation, with the prioritization process developed in this study as a guide. This process considers ridership, percentage of riders who are elderly or have a physical disability, transfer activity, and differences in travel time. It is also suggested that service kilometers reduced as a result of route truncation be put back into Metrobus service.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1503, Public Transportation 1995: Current Research in Operations. 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 Title: Monograph Accession #: 01399819
Language: English
Authors: Hinebaugh, DennisBoyle, Daniel KPagination: p. 3-13
Publication Date: 1995
Serial: ISBN: 0309061652
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Dec 29 1996 12:00AM
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