Measuring the Efficiency of Public Transportation Using Data Envelopment Analysis: Evidence from Jackson, Mississippi

The objective of this research is to identify existing best practices and to develop a generic model approach that could be adapted and used by small-to-medium public transit agencies for fixed route bus transit service planning, specifically to include: Service Design Standards, Service Performance Measurements, and a Standard Service Evaluation Methodology. The focus will be on short term transit service planning, including its relationship to efficient route scheduling.

• Record URL:
  http://www.jsums.edu/imtrans/measuring-the-efficiency-of-public-transportation-using-data-envelopment-analysis-evidence-from-jackson-ms/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $35000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT06-G-0049

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Institute of Multimodal Transportation

  Jackson State University
  1230 Raymond Road
  Jackson, MS  United States  39204
• Project Managers:

  Wang, Feng

• Performing Organizations:

  Institute of Multimodal Transportation

  Jackson State University
  1230 Raymond Road
  Jackson, MS  United States  39204
• Principal Investigators:

  Irvin, Lurlene

• Start Date: 20100701
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20110729
• Source Data: RiP Project 27120

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Bus transit; Customer service; Evaluation and assessment; Fixed routes; Public transit; Transit operating agencies; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data envelopment analysis
• Geographic Terms: Jackson (Mississippi)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Education and Training; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01461250
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Institute of Multimodal Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0049
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:42PM