The role of transit amenities and vehicle characteristics in building transit ridership : amenities for transit handbook and the transit design game workbook /

This report consists of a Handbook and a Workbook. The Handbook identifies and describes passenger amenities and transit vehicle characteristics that attract ridership and explores how amenities may affect ridership. The Workbook includes information gathered from passenger surveys, focus groups, di...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Project for Public Spaces, Multisystems, Inc, United States. Federal Transit Administration, Transit Development Corporation, National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board/National Academy Press, 1999.
Series:	Report (Transit Cooperative Research Program) ; 46.
Subjects:	Local transit > Ridership > United States. Choice of transportation > United States. Transportation > United States > Planning. Transports publics > Voyageurs > États-Unis. Transport > Choix des modes > États-Unis. Transport > États-Unis > Planification. Choice of transportation Local transit > Ridership Transportation > Planning Public transit. Ridership. Passengers. United States
Online Access:	http://nationalacademies.org/trb/publications/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_46-a.pdf Connect to Internet resource

Table of Contents:

Amenities for transit handbook. Executive summary
Introduction and overview
Impacts of amenities
Key elements of an effective amenity program
Case studies
Conclusions
End notes ? Appendices.
The transit design game workbook. Overview
How to use the transit design game
Guide to selecting features.