Information Technology Update for Transit

by Roger Boldt, National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, Transit Cooperative Research Program

2000 · Transportation Research Board

Documents the transit industry's state of the practice in information and communication technologies against a contemporary background of business practice. It is organized into the basic architectural pieces that constitute an IT plan in order to provide the essential framework for the planning process. Additionally, organizational issues and policies and market trends affecting investment in and deployment of Management Information System (MIS) technology are documented.

Improving Transit Security

by Jerome A. Needle, Transit Cooperative Research Program

1997 · Transportation Research Board

Examines the nature and extent of transit crime, effective strategies to combat problem situations, and case studies of specific control practices deemed successful by transit agency professionals (with no distinctions drawn between bus and rail modes) are discussed.

Data Analysis for Bus Planning and Monitoring

by Peter Gregory Furth, Transit Cooperative Research Program, National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board

2000 · Transportation Research Board

This synthesis reviews the state of the practice in how data are analyzed. It addresses methods used to analyze data and what computer systems are used to store and process data. It also covers accuracy issues, including measurement error, and other problems including error in estimates. This document from the Transportation Research Board addresses agency experience with different data collection systems, giving attention to management error, the need for sampling, and methods for screening, editing, and compensating for data imperfection. Sample reports from selected U.S. and Canadian transit agencies are reproduced in this synthesis.

Consequences of the Interstate Highway System for Transit

by Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, John R. Pucher, Transit Development Corporation

1998 · Transportation Research Board

The research project examined the consequences of the interstate highway system for transit. A literature review and case studies of urbanized areas were done, with each of the case studies representing a different relationship between highways, transit, and urban development.

Integration of Bicycles and Transit

by Michael Baltes, Transit Cooperative Research Program

2005 · Transportation Research Board

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 62: Integration of Bicycles and Transit examines how transit agencies may improve their existing services and assist other communities in developing new bicycle and transit services. Synthesis 62 updates TCRP Synthesis 4: Integration of Bicycles and Transit (1994).