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2005 Additions to NCTR Website
Ridership Models at the Stop LevelThis report documents the development of a ridership model at the stop level for Transit Level of Service (TLOS), a software package of the Florida Department of Transportation for measuring transit availability and mobility. The first part discusses issues in formulating a ridership model on several aspects, including literature review, the study area, analytical framework, data needs, and model-formulation issues. For each issue, the discussion focuses on the alternative approaches to dealing with the issue, any resolution, and CUTR’s recommendation, if different from the resolution. The second part discusses the data made available by Kittelson and Associates, Inc. under a separate contract with the FDOT, the data used for model estimation, and the selection of a final model. The final model relates average weekday boarding at a TLOS stop with six categories of factors: 1) socio-demographics in a catchment area; 2) TLOS value; 3) the street environment for pedestrians; 4) accessibility to population and employment; 5) interaction with other modes; and 6) competition with other TLOS stops. Despite some data limitations, the model fits the data well and behaves as expected. A copy of the final report is available here in pdf format and in HTML format. For more information, contact Xuehao Chu at chu@cutr.usf.edu. 2.24.05 University Carpool ProgramsThis 23 minute on-demand streaming presentation, Universities and TDM: Carpool Programs, Heather Sobush, research associate at CUTR and program manager for the New North Transportation Alliance, discusses strategies for reducing parking demand and decreasing trips to, in and around university campuses. For more information, contact Heather Sobush at sobush@cutr.usf.edu 2.09.05 Bicycle Parking Innovations and SecurityThis 6 minute on-demand streaming presentation, Bicycle Parking Innovations and Security, is based on the development of a bicycle parking plan for Miami-Dade Transit. Chris Hagelin discusses the contribution bicycles add to transit as well as considerations for addressing the security concerns associated with bike lockers. For more information, contact Chris Hagelin at hagelin@cutr.usf.edu 2.09.05 3rd National Geographic Information Systems in Transit Conference Call for Papers and PresentationsThe National Center for Transit Research’s (NCTR) 3rd National Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Transit Conference will be held on November 1-3, 2005 in Tampa, Florida. The conference will feature state-of-the-art exhibits where vendors of transit GIS related technologies will display the latest in GIS hardware, software, analytical techniques, and services. The conference will host several general sessions that will highlight new and innovative topics associated with GIS in transit as well as many presentation and round table discussion lead by national GIS experts. A call for papers and/or presentations and vendors is open until March 18, 2005. NCTR seeks proposals dealing with successful practices and research in the area of Transit in GIS. Papers and presentations will be published in the peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings. Submit your paper and /or presentation online here For more information, please contact Amber Reep at reep@cutr.usf.edu 1.20.05 "Expanding Commuter Choice Tax Benefits" On-Demand Presentation ReleasedAn 11 minute on-demand streaming media presentation of the Expanding Commuter Choice Tax Benefits final report (pdf) is now available. The report is also viewable in HTML format. View streaming presentation (RealMedia Player required) 1.6.05 |
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