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What’s Behind Recent Transit Ridership Trends in the Bay Area? Volume I: Overview and Analysis of Underlying Factors [PDF]
, 2020 Public transit ridership has been falling nationally and in California since 2014. The San Francisco Bay Area, with the state’s highest rates of transit use, had until recently resisted those trends, especially compared to Greater Los Angeles.
Blumenberg, Evelyn +7 more
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Transportation Research Interdisciplinary PerspectivesTransit ridership is an important factor in evaluating transit service performance and an essential source of revenue for transit authorities in the United States. Alongside internal service characteristics such as average headways and service frequency,
Qian He, Jianling Li
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Building a socially-aware solution to the urban transit routing problem
International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 2023 Public transit ridership in the United States has been decreasing, which is especially true for bus ridership. Some of the factors that drive this decrease include fuel prices, housing density, and employment levels, but these are factors well beyond a ...
Sylvan Hoover, J. David Porter
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The Effect of Weather Conditions on Transit Ridership [PDF]
Journal of the Korean Society of Civil Engineers, 2013 In this study, the effects of weather conditions such as rainfall, discomfort index, snowfall, and sensible temperature on public transport demand in Seoul were analyzed using statistical data. The reasons were also derived from the survey. The data for the analysis were collected over the weekdays and weekends, and seasonal data of summer and winter ...
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Journal of Public TransportationTransit agencies are in a consistent struggle to offer an attractive service that draws a higher level of ridership. To improve the attractiveness of the service, one of the key objectives of agencies is to enhance transit service reliability.
Meisam Ghasedi +3 more
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Rail transit ridership changes in COVID-19: Lessons for station area planning in California
Journal of Urban MobilityEmerging evidence suggests that the recovery of transit ridership post-COVID has been uneven, especially for rail transit. This study aims to understand the station area land use, built form, and transit network characteristics that explain station-level
Meiqing Li +3 more
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Who lives in transit-friendly neighborhoods? An analysis of California neighborhoods over time
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2021 In this paper we examine social and economic trends in California’s transit-friendly neighborhoods since 2000. In particular, we explore the relationship between high-propensity transit users – who we define here as members of households classified as ...
Julene Paul, Brian D. Taylor
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Subsidies and US Urban Transit Ridership
Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2016 In recent years, operating subsidies in the USA increased considerably in response to public concerns over traffic congestion and air quality. In a panel of more than 600 transit firms over the period from 1991 to 2012, we find no significant relationship between subsidy and ridership.
Karamychev, Vladimir, Reeven, Peran
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Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2022 Accessibility, livability, and public health in urban areas can be improved by promoting sustainable and eco-friendly modes of transport such as rail transit.
Mehmet Baran Ulak +8 more
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Net Effects of Gasoline Price Changes on Transit Ridership in U.S. Urban Areas, MTI Report 12-19 [PDF]
, 2015 Using panel data of transit ridership and gasoline prices for ten selected U.S. urbanized areas over the time period of 2002 to 2011, this study analyzes the effect of gasoline prices on ridership of the four main transit modes—bus, light rail, heavy ...
Ali, Rubaba, Iseki, Hiroyuki
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