(Center Identification Number: 77945) Principal Investigators: Steve Polzin, Director, Mobility Research Phone: 813-974-9849 E-mail: polzin@cutr.usf.edu Fax: 813-974-5168 and Xuehao Chu, Senior Research Associate Phone: 813-974-9831 E-mail: xchu@cutr.usf.edu Fax: 813-974-5168 Center for Urban Transportation Research University of South Florida External Project Contact:      Diane Quigley Transit Planning Administrator, Florida Deparment of Transportation diane.quigley@dot.state.fl.us Phone: 850-414-4520 I.  Project Objective/Problem Statement/Background The Transit Boardings Estimation and Simulation Tool (TBEST) as currently designed has a set of transit demand model coefficients calibrated for bus transit travel. There is an industry interest in developing a set of calibrated coefficients for other modes of travel, specifically bus rapid transit (BRT), light rail transit (LRT) and other guideway modes. Such a capability would give greater confidence to users for application of TBEST in sketch planning or service planning for these modes. Such a planning tool would increase the capabilities of transit agencies for planning future transit services. … Read entire article »