Date of Award
4-2000
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Dr. John Clark
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This study provides an assessment of the overall comparative performance of 178 small to mid-size bus transit operations located in the United States, during 1997. It uses commonly applied measures of resources and results. This is the only known study that compares and ranks small to mid-size bus systems by combining both resources and results.
The selected data comes from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) National Transit Database Profiles: Agencies in Urbanized Are·as with a Population of Less than 200,000. The nationally reported data is collected and published by the FTA under Section 15 of the Transit Act. Davis, California's Unitrans bus agency received the best performance rating. On the other end, the City of Anderson's (Indiana) transportation system finished with the worst ranking of the 178 different transit systems.
Recommended Citation
Vlietstra, Greg P., "Comparative Evaluation of Small to Mid-Size U.S. Bus Transit Systems, 1997" (2000). Masters Theses. 4059.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4059