Research for public transit
Subtitle: new directions : strategic transportation research study : transit.
Series: Special report ;; 213; Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) ;; 213.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Local transit -- Research -- United States.; Transportation -- Research -- United States.
Description: Reviews transit research programs and recommends improvements. The report calls for an operator-sponsored, problem-solving research program focused on priority topics of common interest to transit providers. The committee urges Congress to allow the agencies to pool their funds to organize and conduct such research. With strong support from the transit industry, Congress subsequently endorsed these recommendations and in 1991 created the Transit Cooperative Research Program.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.