A guide for planning and operating flexible public transportation services
By: John F. Potts ... [et al.].
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; Transit Cooperative Research Program; United States. Federal Transit Administration; Transit Development Corporation
Series: TCRP report -- 140; Report (Transit Cooperative Research Program) -- 140.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
ISBN-13: 9780309154802
Subjects: Planning; Local transit
Description: TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 140: A Guide for Planning and Operating Flexible Public Transportation Services explores the types of flexible transportation service strategies that are potentially appropriate for small, medium, and large urban and rural transit agencies. The guide examines financial and political realities, operational issues, and institutional mechanisms related to implementing and sustaining flexible transportation services.
Notes: At head of title: Transit Cooperative Research Program.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 88).

Also available online.

Research sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration in cooperation with the Transit Development Corporation TCRP project B-35
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Basic Concepts of Flexible Public Transportation Service; title: Ch. 2. Framework/Decision Matrix for Considering Flexible Public Transportation Service; title: Ch. 3. Implementing New Flexible Public Transportation Services.