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Title:

City Centers and Rapid Transit Ridership
Cover of City Centers and Rapid Transit Ridership

Accession Number:

01551137

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The city center is the main focus of surface and rapid transit lines in most U.S. cities. This paper shows how transit's share of CBD trips reflects the levels of downtown activity as measured by floor space and employment. Rapid transit ridership (commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, and separated right of way BRT lines) relates closely to CBD employment levels - especially where there are more than 125,000 jobs. Increasing CBD employment, especially near rapid transit stations would further enhance ridership, and should be a focus of transit oriented development.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP025 Public Transportation Planning and Development.

Monograph Accession #:

01550057

Report/Paper Numbers:

15-1929

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Levinson, Herbert S
Kalluri, Sharat K

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2015

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References

Subject Areas:

Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-1929

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 30 2014 12:42PM