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Title:

INTRODUCING FARE SIMPLIFICATION AND NEW CONVENIENCE FARES AT CONNECTICUT TRANSIT

Accession Number:

00771131

Record Type:

Component

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Abstract:

On June 28, 1998, the New Fare Deal was implemented in Connecticut, designed to make fare payment simpler and more convenient for customers. The program applied to three divisions of Connecticut Transit (CTTRANSIT) in Hartford, New Haven, and Stamford, as well as to other state-contracted transit services in Waterbury, New Britain, Bristol, Meriden, and Wallingford. The changes include elimination of local fare zones and the introduction of new convenience fares including 1- and 7-day passes. The fare changes were implemented in response to recommendations developed in a major market research study for CTTRANSIT, reported on in 1996, to encourage ridership in CTTRANSIT's fastest-growing market for suburb-to-suburb travel, to respond to the welfare-to-work initiative, and to utilize more fully the features of the Ticket Reading and Issuing Machine (TRIM) equipment installed in 1995. Reviewed in this paper are what changes were implemented, why the changes were implemented, and what results have occurred to date. Detailed before-and-after ridership data are not available. However, during the first 6 months following fare simplification, passenger revenue exceeded budget by about 3% (or almost $300,000), demonstrating that the anticipated revenue loss did not materialize. New convenience fare media have proved to be very popular.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1669, Public Transit Planning, Management and Performance, and Marketing and Fare Policy.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Lee, D A

Pagination:

p. 109-112

Publication Date:

1999

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1669
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

030907066X

Features:

References (3)

Identifier Terms:

Connecticut Transit

Uncontrolled Terms:

Convenience; Fare simplification

Geographic Terms:

Connecticut

Subject Areas:

Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Society

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Oct 11 2000 12:00AM

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