Contracting Fixed-Route Bus Transit Service

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/25102

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Contracting Fixed-Route Bus Transit Service

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 136: Contracting Fixed-Route Bus Transit Service documents the state of the practice in contracting bus services. Today many transit agencies contract out their fixed-route bus transit services; however, there is not enough research that focuses on the procurement and oversight process of these contracts. This synthesis will assist transit agencies in their decision-making process as they consider contracting fixed-route transit services instead of directly operating the service. The report is accompanied by Appendix G, which is available online only.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; Transit Cooperative Research Program Synthesis Program; Synthesis Program; Transit Cooperative Research Program; Daniel Boyle

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Contracting Fixed-Route Bus Transit Service. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25102.

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152 pages | 8.5 x 11 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25102

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-vii
Summary	1-2
Chapter 1 - Introduction	3-6
Chapter 2 - Literature Review	7-19
Chapter 3 - Survey Results Part 1	20-31
Chapter 4 - Survey Results Part 2: Agency Assessment	32-37
Chapter 5 - Contractor Assessment of the Contracting Process	38-41
Chapter 6 - Case Examples	42-57
Chapter 7 - Conclusions	58-65
References	66-67
Acronyms and Abbreviations	68-68
Appendix A - List of All U.S. Transit Agencies That Contract Fixed-Route Bus Service	69-79
Appendix B - List of Participating Transit Agencies and Contractors	80-81
Appendix C - Transit Agency Survey	82-93
Appendix D - Transit Agency Survey Results	94-131
Appendix E - Contractor Survey	132-133
Appendix F - Contractor Survey Results	134-139
Appendix G - Sample RFPs and Internal Schedules	140-142

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