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Park and Ride Linkage to Public Transit Service Productivity

项目名称：	Park and Ride Linkage to Public Transit Service Productivity
摘要：	In the current era of fiscal challenge for transit agencies it's important to understand how to achieve transit ridership cost-effectively. Park and Ride (P&R) configurations in theory provide a system for efficiently interfacing transit vehicles with geographically dispersed customers. P&R works like this: In order to save time and money by not driving to their ultimate destination, some commuters, rather than walking to bus stops near their homes, drive themselves a few miles to a specially-designated car parking lot where buses stop. Across America, P&R lots with frequent bus service have often proven to be so popular that available commuter parking is regularly filled to capacity. In some cases a fee for parking is charged to modulate demand. Preliminary evidence indicates two important benefits accrue from the P&R service model. The first is stimulation of demand among discretionary riders by providing appropriately-priced or even free parking and frequent express transit service. Second is increased efficiency of transit operations by reducing the need for multi-stop local service to collect commuters. The fundamental questions this study seeks to answer are: How does the provision of P&R capacity influence transit productivity? And, how does the effectiveness of Park and Ride investment compare with other transit improvements as a means of increasing transit productivity?
状态：	Active
资助组织：	California Department of Transportation<==>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
项目负责人：	Chursenoff, David
执行机构：	Mineta National Transit Research Consortium
开始时间：	20140709
预计完成日期：	20160630
主题领域：	Operations and Traffic Management；Public Transportation