Impacts of commute trip reduction programs, rail station area built environment changes, and ride-hailing services on traveler behavior

Traffic congestion is a recurring problem with temporal and spatial aspects that affect our lives daily. Providing choices such as increasing transit ridership is part of a balanced and diversified approach to addressing the problem. This project is divided into three parts to address how transit can address this multifaceted congestion problem. The first part investigates the successes and failures of transit and transportation network company (TNC) partnerships on ridership. Transit agencies have partnered with TNCs to attract ridership by providing first/last mile access or substituting for low-performing fixed route service. TNCs may have induced travel demand by car and reduced public transportation ridership in other areas. The second part examines employer-provided financial incentives on commute behavior. Using an extensive data set from State of Washington’s Commute Trip Reduction program and other sources, the role of fare discounts and parking prices will be analyzed. The third part analyzes changes in ridership due to changes in the built environment, evaluating the impact of transit station area built environment changes (e.g., crosswalks, bicycle lanes) on transit ridership and access mode. The authors will identify changes in walking and biking infrastructure around rail station across time using longitudinal satellite imagery and compare changes relative to control areas.

• Record URL:
  • https://nicr.usf.edu/2020/12/11/3-3-targeting-transit-incentives-to-congestion-sources/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research title: Targeting Transit Incentives to Congestion Sources.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $243,991.00
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551947136

  79070-09

  79070-10

  79070-00-SUB C

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  National Institute for Congestion Reduction

  University of South Florida
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620
• Project Managers:

  Zhang, Yu

• Performing Organizations:

  University of California Berkeley

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  416C McLaughlin Hall
  Berkeley, California  United States  94720

  National Institute for Congestion Reduction

  University of South Florida
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620
• Principal Investigators:

  Rodriguez, Daniel

  Chatman, Daniel

  Chen, Peng

  Winters, Philip

• Start Date: 20200501
• Expected Completion Date: 20210730
• Actual Completion Date: 20211231
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Built environment; Commuting; Discount fares; Incentives; Parking; Public transit; Rail transit stations; Ridership; Ridesourcing; Travel behavior
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01964263
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Institute for Congestion Reduction
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551947136, 79070-09, 79070-10, 79070-00-SUB C
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 28 2025 7:55PM