NTL Record

Title Off-Peak Fare-Free Transit: Mercer County, New Jersey
Record ID 49276
Personal Name
Creator
O'Connor, D. L.
Source 181p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator De Leuw, Cather & Company
Corporate
Contributor
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Office of Technical Assistance and Safety
Publisher United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publication Date 19820301
Language English
Abstract The evaluation was designed to explore the effects of the fare elimination on the transit operator, the riding public, the general populace, and the local business community. Evaluation issues were concerned with impacts on ridership volumes, passenger characteristics, transit operations, public awareness and attitudes, effects on commercial activities, and public response to the fare elimination. The conclusion reached by the evaluators of the demonstration was that free-fare is probably more valuable as a tool for transit promotion than as a full-time transit pricing strategy. This report contains a bibliography and charts related to data collection, ridership and trip-making.
Rosap ID dot:10739
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10739
TRT Terms Attitudes; Bus transportation; Pricing; Evaluation; Free fares; Off peak periods; Marketing; Ridership; Travel demand; Urban transportation
Classification NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Alternative Finance;
NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE;
NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Transit Economics and Finance;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Economics and Finances
Geographical
Coverage
New Jersey
Contract Number DOT-TSC-1409
Report Number UMTA-MA-06-0049-80-3; DOT-TSC-UMTA-82-01
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49200/49276/DOT-TSC-UMTA-82-01.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository