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Title:

EVALUATING EFFICIENCY OF TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES IN GRIFFIN LINE CORRIDOR, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

Accession Number:

00749884

Record Type:

Component

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309061520

Abstract:

The Greater Hartford Transit District, in cooperation with the Capitol Region Council of Governments, has completed the Griffin Line Corridor Major Investment Study (MIS), which is an extensive evaluation of the Griffin Line Transit and Economic Development Project. The project considers five different transit alternatives to improve transportation and economic development conditions in the corridor. In conformance with Federal Transit Administration (FTA) guidance, the evaluation of alternatives considers the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of an investment in each of the five alternatives. The efficiency evaluation of each of the alternatives considers the alternative's cost-effectiveness in terms of cost per trip and its operating efficiency in terms of operating costs per hour, mile, and passenger and its FTA cost-effectiveness index. To ensure that the efficiency evaluation measures fully reflect the projected and potential benefits of each alternative, the Griffin Line Corridor MIS includes the concepts of "new service trip" and "bus-equivalent" hours and miles. Furthermore, a critical element of the evaluation of alternatives in the Griffin Line Corridor is the analysis of the cumulative impacts of alternative transit supportive policies and alternative transit operating assumptions on the relative cost efficiency of the alternatives. The cumulative impact analysis includes an Operating and Maintenance Cost Sensitivity Study, which is an examination of the impact of different levels of ridership (represented as percentage increases or decreases compared with the baseline ridership forecast) on the projected annual operating and maintenance costs for each alternative.

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Monograph Accession #:

00749870

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Ehrhardt, P A
Vozzolo, D J
Riklin, Elizabeth S
McMahon, P

Pagination:

p. 142-152

Publication Date:

1997

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Volume: 2
Issue Number: 8
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 1073-1652

Conference:

Seventh National Conference on Light Rail Transit: Building on Success--Learning from Experience

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Date: 1995-11-12 to 1995-11-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board, and American Public Transportation Association

ISBN:

0309061520

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

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

Uncontrolled Terms:

Efficiency; Operation and maintenance

Geographic Terms:

Hartford (Connecticut)

Old TRIS Terms:

Hartford (Connecticut)

Subject Areas:

Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jun 3 1998 12:00AM

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