Pupil Transportation: Travel Behavior, Traffic Impacts and Potentials for Improvement

This project examines the choices parents and students make in using school bus transportation in urban, suburban and rural communities. This understanding can lead to school districts changing policies and transportation systems for better efficiency and cost savings.

• Record URL:
  http://www.uvm.edu/trc/university-transportation-center/utc-current-project-list/pupil-transportation-travel-behavior-traffic-impacts-and-potentials-for-improvement/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Final Report URL Link: http://www.uvm.edu/~transctr/research/trc_reports/UVM-TRC-10-020.pdf

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $56614.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT06-G-0018

  021751

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Department of Transportation

  Transportation Administrative Service Center
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC    20590
• Project Managers:

  Troy, Austin

  Aultman-Hall, Lisa

• Performing Organizations:

  UVM Transportation Center

  University of Vermont
  210 Colchester Avenue
  Burlington, VT  United States  05405
• Principal Investigators:

  Wang, Qingbin

• Start Date: 20070815
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20100630
• Source Data: RiP Project 20780

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Public transit; Research projects; Rural areas; School bus passengers; Suburbs; Transit operating agencies; Travel behavior; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01569640
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: UVM Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT06-G-0018, 021751
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 18 2015 1:01AM