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https://onlinepubs.trb.or...trcircular/460/460-021.pdf

This resource paper is intended to help facilitate the discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing public transit today, and to assist in the identification of approaches to address these critical issues. To accomplish these objectives, the paper is divided into seven sections following the introduction. The major issues and opportunities associated with funding, changing demographics and travel markets, service applications, management, advanced technologies, and institutional arrangements are described. The paper concludes with a summary of the major challenges and opportunities facing public transportation and the identification of areas for further discussion.

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00722593

English

p. 55-63

1996-4

Transportation Research Circular

Public Transportation Management and Planning in a Rapidly Changing Environment: Strategies for Survival

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References (14)

Demographics; Finance; Financing; Institutional issues; Management; Markets; Planning; Public transit; Socioeconomic development; Technological innovations; Workshops

Transit services

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

TRIS, TRB

Jun 20 1996 12:00AM

• ALTERNATIVE SERVICE PROVISION. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: ADDRESSING OUR CHALLENGES: SOLUTIONS "OUTSIDE THE BOX"
• BIG RESEARCH AT A SMALL AGENCY. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: USING MARKET RESEARCH TO IMPROVE TRANSIT MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE DECISIONS
• CHALLENGES IN SALT LAKE CITY. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
• EARNING CUSTOMER LOYALTY: RESEARCH, INCENTIVES, SATISFACTION. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: USING MARKET RESEARCH TO IMPROVE TRANSIT MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE
• EXPERIENCES IN CHANGING THE SERVICE PROVISION STRUCTURE. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: ADDRESSING OUR CHALLENGES: SOLUTIONS "OUTSIDE THE BOX"
• INNOVATIVE FUNDING. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: ADDRESSING OUR CHALLENGES: SOLUTIONS "OUTSIDE THE BOX"
• INSIGHTS FROM LAS VEGAS. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
• LABOR/MANAGEMENT COOPERATION. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: OPPORTUNITY AND FEASIBILITY OF CHANGING TRANSIT MANAGEMENT
• MARKET RESEARCH AND SERVICE PLANNING. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: USING MARKET RESEARCH TO IMPROVE TRANSIT MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE DECISIONS
• OVERVIEW OF WORKSHOP BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON: FUNDING - RESPONDING TO THE NEW ENVIRONMENT: ISTEA AND BEYOND
• OVERVIEW OF WORKSHOP BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON: MANAGEMENT - CONVERTING CHALLENGES INTO OPPORTUNITIES
• OVERVIEW OF WORKSHOP BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON: PLANNING - METHODS TO MEET FUTURE MARKETS
• OVERVIEW OF WORKSHOP BREAKOUT SESSIONS: ONE BOARD MEMBER'S PERSPECTIVE
• OVERVIEW OF WORKSHOP BREAKOUT SESSIONS: ONE GENERAL MANAGER'S PERSPECTIVE
• RETHINKING THE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSIT. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: OPPORTUNITY AND FEASIBILITY OF CHANGING TRANSIT MANAGEMENT
• SATISFYING THE (INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL) CUSTOMER. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: OPPORTUNITY AND FEASIBILITY OF CHANGING TRANSIT MANAGEMENT
• TEACHING TRANSIT THE IMPORTANCE OF PRINCIPLES. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
• TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: ADDRESSING OUR CHALLENGES: SOLUTIONS "OUTSIDE THE BOX"
• TQM AND TEAMWORK IN SPOKANE. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: OPPORTUNITY AND FEASIBILITY OF CHANGING TRANSIT MANAGEMENT
• USING MARKET RESEARCH TO MANAGE CHANGE. PRESENTATION AT WORKSHOP SESSION ON: USING MARKET RESEARCH TO IMPROVE TRANSIT MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE DECISIONS