TCRP Synthesis 66:

Fixed-Route Transit Ridership Forecasting and Service Planning Methods

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Daniel Boyle; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 66: Fixed-Route Transit Ridership Forecasting and Service Planning Methods examines the state of the practice in fixed-route transit ridership forecasting and service planning. The report also explores forecasting methodologies, resource requirements, data inputs, ...
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Front Matter	i-ix
Summary	1-2	(skim)
Organization of Report	3-4	(skim)
More Recent Studies	5-5	(skim)
Metropolitan Planning Organization Studies	6-6	(skim)
Summary	7-7	(skim)
Data Inputs	8-8	(skim)
Analytical Techniques	9-10	(skim)
Ridership Forecasting Under a Variety of Scenarios	11-14	(skim)
Summary	15-15	(skim)
Impacts of Technology on Forecasting Methodology	16-16	(skim)
Satisfaction with Ridership Forecasting	17-17	(skim)
Lessons Learned	18-18	(skim)
Summary	19-19	(skim)
VIA Metropolitan Transit (San Antonio, Texas)	20-20	(skim)
Regional Transportation District (Denver, Colorado)	21-22	(skim)
Greater Richmond Transit Company (Richmond, Virginia)	23-23	(skim)
MTANew York City Transit (New York, New York)	24-25	(skim)
Orange County Transportation Authority (Orange, California)	26-26	(skim)
TriMet (Portland, Oregon)	27-29	(skim)
Methodology	30-30	(skim)
Lessons Learned and Case Study Results	31-31	(skim)
Conclusions and Further Research Needs	32-32	(skim)
References	33-34	(skim)
Appendix A - Survey Questionnaire	35-38	(skim)
Appendix B - Summary of Survey Results	39-49	(skim)
Appendix C - Participating Transit Agencies	50-50	(skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	51-51	(skim)

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 66: Fixed-Route Transit Ridership Forecasting and Service Planning Methods examines the state of the practice in fixed-route transit ridership forecasting and service planning. The report also explores forecasting methodologies, resource requirements, data inputs, and organizational issues. In addition, the report analyzes the impacts of service changes and reviews transit agency assessments of the effectiveness and reliability of their methods and of desired improvements.

TCRP Synthesis 66:

Fixed-Route Transit Ridership Forecasting and Service Planning Methods

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