Transit in the US is considered secondary to automobile travel; bus services are especially
stigmatized. Facing declining ridership and overall diminished financial support, many …

Urgent problems facing transit agencies today include the COVID-19 pandemic and
resulting economic impacts, declines in ridership and funding, and growing pressures to …

Past studies of economies of scale in transit have tended to treat the transit industry as a set
of similar agencies that have the same cost structure, and have conducted an analysis for …

This guidebook is a resource for rural and small urban transit agency managers to use in
better understanding, predicting, and managing operational costs. Doing so can improve the …

This paper explores the role of efficiency, and effectiveness, measured in relation to the
differentiation of public transportation agencies operating in the United States with a bus …

The continued financial problems of the public transportation industry have motivated a
search for more cost-effective ways of delivering transit services. Service contracting--the …

Express or limited-stop bus services are a competitive effort by transit agencies to provide
higher quality service to customers who make longer trips and place higher premiums on …

Contracted service comprises a significant proportion of total operating expenses in the
provision of fixed-route bus transit service in the US. Despite its importance, the literature on …

Transit ridership across the country has been falling since 2014. With fewer riders, agencies
receive less fare revenue and are forced to find ways to maintain service levels with fewer …

This research revisits the perennial policy concern that operating subsidies hamper transit
efficiency. We argue that the relationship between subsidies and efficiency can be better …