Evaluating Improved Transit Connections for Ladders of Opportunity

Many transit operators employ limited strategies to provide connectivity to transit, like bicycle racks on buses. This project will examine more innovative options, such as: subsidies, hybrid ride sharing business models, flexible routing, smaller transit vehicles, transit-sponsored bike share programs, and social carpooling to meet first and last mile needs and increase mobility for all users, especially underserved and disadvantaged populations. As part of the University of Arizona’s cost share, the technology firm Metropia Inc will provide in-kind contribution from their ongoing Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Mobility-on-Demand (MOD) program funded project that specifically addresses the supplemetnary mobility services for the regional transit services. A large amount of valuable data will be collected througout the two-year research period and this data will be very useful for the testing of the concepts and methods in this proposal. The research team uses a community based participatory research strategy and other experts to assist in developing and assesssing new performance measures that focus on economic viability, equity, health, and access to opportunity. These innovative performance measures will be used to evaluate the service effectiveness of new strategies, which include those in the aformentined FTA MOD project. By changing the focus of transit service to outcomes, the new performance measures and the resulting strategies may be used to recommend new methods for assessing transit service and systems, which may include revising the current Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual. The project team also expects that this foundational project will lead to additional experimental trials with partner agencies.

• Record URL:
  http://nitc.trec.pdx.edu/research/project/1140

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $440510
• Contract Numbers:

  NITC 1140

  69A3551747112

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  University of Texas at Arlington

  School of Social Work
  Box 19308
  Arlington, TX  United States  76019-0308

  University of Texas at Arlington

  Box 19308
  Arlington, TX  United States  76019-0308

  Metropia

  1790 E. River Road
  Suite 140
  Tucson, AZ  United States  85718
• Managing Organizations:

  TREC at Portland State University

  1900 SW Fourth Ave, Suite 175
  P.O. Box 751
  Portland, Oregon  United States  97201
• Project Managers:

  Hagedorn, Hau

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Texas at Arlington

  School of Social Work
  Box 19308
  Arlington, TX  United States  76019-0308

  University of Texas at Arlington

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Box 19308
  Arlington, TX  United States  76019

  University of Arizona

  College of Engineering
  1209 East 2nd Street
  Tucson, AZ  United States  85721
• Principal Investigators:

  Chiu, Yi-Chang

  Mattingly, Stephen

  Ardekani, Sia

  Cronley , Courtney

  Fields, Noelle

• Start Date: 20170901
• Expected Completion Date: 20231101
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Connectivity; Mobility; Performance measurement; Public transit; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01651391
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Institute for Transportation and Communities
• Contract Numbers: NITC 1140, 69A3551747112
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Nov 21 2017 3:24PM