Feasibility of developing low-cost measures of demand for public transportation in rural areas. Final report [electronic resource].

Published:: Morgantown, W.Va. : West Virginia University, 1976.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: Pages: v : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: West Virginia University and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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The Appalachian region has many rural areas of limited accessibility. To improve the accessibility of the rural carless (poor, elderly, young, infirm) public transportation has often been suggested. The objective of the research is to develop a low-cost methodology for determining latent demand for public transportation in rural areas, i.e., to develop a data base of key socio-economic, highway network, and geographic variables which can be used to estimate latent demand along possible rural-transit routes. Data were collected on existing rural-transit operations in Planning Region VI of West Virginia (Monongalia, Taylor, Marion, Harrison, Doddridge, and Preston counties) by means of an on-off survey and an on-board questionnaire survey. Using these as indicators of demand, this information will be related to census data for the affected region to determine if a simplified modeling approach to estimate rural public transportation demand is feasible.

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E 1.99:dot-tst-77-70
dot-tst-77-70

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Published through SciTech Connect.
12/01/1976.
"dot-tst-77-70"
Byrne, B.F.; Neumann, E.S.

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