Sponsor
This research was funded by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities, or NITC, a program of TREC at Portland State University.
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
3-2013
Subjects
Local transit -- Oregon, Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon
Abstract
This project sought to understand the relationship between urban form, transit service characteristics, and ridership measured at the stop level. Most previous work in this area has looked at these issues separately, by either linking system performance (e.g. on-time performance, cost, etc.) to ridership or exploring the connection between urban form (e.g. density) and transit use. This project synthesized these disparate approaches. While transit service characteristics (e.g. frequency, travel time, etc.) are important to help individuals reach their desired destinations, most transit users are pedestrians at the beginning and end of any transit trip. Therefore, focusing on the walkable zone around each transit stop was also important.
DOI
10.15760/trec.135
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/13085
Citation Details
Schlossberg, Mark, Jennifer Dill , Liang Ma, and Cody Meyer. Measuring the Performance of Transit Relative to Livability. OTREC-RR-13-04. Portland, OR: Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/trec.135
Description
This is a final report, OTREC-RR-13-04, from the NITC program of TREC at Portland State University, and can be found online at: http://nitc.trec.pdx.edu/research/project/429
The Project Brief can be found here: http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16809