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San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority: Recommendations For Future Service Demand, Alexander J. Fuchs
San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority: Recommendations For Future Service Demand, Alexander J. Fuchs
Master's Theses
Transit agencies at all levels of government monitor trends in services, operations, and ridership using performance indicators. Federal and state agencies use these performance indicators in the appropriation of funds to transit agencies. Public transportation is subsidized through federal, state and local programs while only a portion of the operating expenses are covered through rider fares. In order to gather information on riders and travel patterns, transit agencies primarily focus on current transit riders, many of which are transit dependent populations. By definition, these populations use public transit services as the primary or only means of transportation. As a result, …