Title: SECRETS OF SUCCESS: HOW HOUSTON AND SAN DIEGO TRANSIT PROVIDERS ACHIEVED LARGE INCREASES IN TRANSIT RIDERSHIP
Abstract: This study examines and compares the experience of two successful transit systems, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) and San Diego's Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), by identifying the factors related to their successes that may be of value to other transit providers. In this report, success is defined in terms of achieving unusually large increases in transit ridership for a sustained period in recent years. An overview of both systems is provided in terms of determining how these two systems reversed large and persistent declines in transit ridership and achieved large increases in recent years. The report contains analyses that focus on increases in ridership and demonstrate that increases achieved by both systems were largely attributable to reductions in real transit fares and increases in service levels, as well as technological implementations, and aggressive service expansion. The report provides background information on the trends in land use and ridership, discusses determinants of ridership in both cases, and provides cross-section analyses for the 75 largest transit operators in 66 U.S. metropolitan areas.
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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