Toolkit for Estimating Demand for Rural Intercity Bus Services (2011) / Chapter Skim
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25 In reviewing the routes identified and collected, an initial classification involved the division of the population of routes into three categories: • Services that can be thought of as traditional intercity bus service • Services that are regional in character, provided by private firms • Services operated by rural public transit providers Table 4-1 presents a summary list of the rural intercity services identified along with the classification assigned to each service. Each of these categories has general characteristics, but within each class or group there are particular services that may differ to some degree.
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State Route (ID) Route Description Carrier AL Selma-Mont Selma-Montgomery West Alabama Public Transportation X776,6 Oklahoma City-Fort Smith-Little Rock-Pine BluffBP-CORA Jefferson Lines 50,933 X Route 660: Vickenburg Connector066 etRZA Valley Metro contracts service to Total Transit X454,2 AZ Rte 685 GB-Phnx Route 685 (Portion)
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State Route (ID) Route Description Carrier Classification Ridership Annual a Standard Intercity Bus Private Regional Carrier Rural Public Transit Operator Jefferson LinesMinneapolis-Sioux Falls-Rapid City-BillingsMinn-BillNM 47,026 X MN Fisher-Minn Fisher-Minneapolis (Winnipeg-Fargo-Minneapolis)
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StateRoute (ID) Route Description Carrier Classification Ridership Annual a Standard Intercity Bus Private Regional Carrier Rural Public Transit Operator TX SA-Amar San Antonio-Amarillo Kerrville Bus Lines (Greyhound)
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designated by the operator, but there may not be any way to purchase a ticket at that location. • Baggage: Can be carried in the baggage compartment of the bus, standard intercity bus baggage liability applies, driver (or station personnel)
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market. The private for-profit carriers in this group are potentially more interested in serving an intercity market that provides linkages to major airports and to other intercity modes -- with a focus on service from the rural/small urban area to a larger metropolitan area.
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These services look more like a long-distance airport shuttle that is going after a broader market. Major differentiating factors for this type of service are the higher fare levels (higher than both intercity bus and public transit services)
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liability is limited, and the driver may or may not load or unload bags from the baggage compartment. These services are quite varied, with some resembling long rural or suburban transit routes and others having characteristics affording more connectivity with the national intercity bus network or with other intercity modes.
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A separate TCRP project is addressing the demand for rural transit generally, and there was concern about a potential overlap with that project, though it was noted that it is not developing route-level demand models for rural transit, but rather area-wide models (jurisdictional level, i.e., county or region level)
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• Intercity routes that do not serve rural intermediate points, but have a majority of the stops located in the urbanized areas of the origin and destination endpoints, do not necessarily establish rural intercity service because the service is not accessible. They are not included in the definition of rural intercity points.
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State AR AR AR CO CO FL FL FL IA IA ID ME MI MI MI MI MI MN MN MN MN MN MT MT MT MO MO MO MO MO MO ND ND OH PA PA PA JL (All routes in AR)
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PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA TX TX TX TX TX TX TX TX TX WA WI WI State Coll-Harris Pitts-Brad State Coll-Wilkes Barr State Coll-Pitts Du Bois-Harris Will-Phil Will-Easton Will-Harr Harr-Pitt Pitt-Erie Scra-Phil Hous-Texar Hous-Ft Worth El Paso-Lubb Lubb-Abi BS-Amar Lubb-Odessa SA-BigSpr Eagle-Del Rio Midland-Pres Apple Line Minn-La Crosse Minn-Milwke State College-Harrisburg Pittsburgh-Bradford State College-Wilkes Barre State College-Pittsburgh DuBois-Harrisburg Williamsport-Philadelphia Williamsport-Easton (to New York) Williamsport-Harrisburg Harrisburg-State College-Pittsburgh [Tbl 190]
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AL AR CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA ID ME MT ND ND OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR OR PA SD VA UT UT UT WA WA WV Selma-Mont SCAT Smith River-Arcata Clearlake-Lakeport Lakeport-Ukiah SLO-Santa Maria Susanville-Reno Alturas-Redding Alturas-Klamath Falls Mojave Ridgecrest Express CREST Route Highway 140 Route Route 386 Route 388 Boise-Rex Calais-Bangor NTI Shelby Minot-Bis North South Shuttle Port-Bend Brkgs-Smi Riv CC Rider Bend-Ont Port-Astoria Port-Eugene Coos Bay-Bend KF-Medford Tilla-Port Newport-Portland Pitts-Grove Aber-Summit The Smartway Bus Rexburg to SLC Logan to SLC Provo to SLC Dungeness Line Grape Line Grey Line Selma-Montgomery Malvern-El Dorado Route 20: Smith River-Arcata Route 4: Clearlake-Lakeport Route 7: Lakeport-Ukiah Route 10: San Luis Obispo-Santa Maria Alturas-Susanville-Reno Alturas-Redding Alturas-Klamath Falls Mojave-Ridgecrest Ridgecrest-Reno Yosemite-Merced (Seasonal) Escondido-Ramona Pala-Escondido Transit Center Salt Lake Express Rexburg: Boise-Rexburg Calais-Bangor (West's Coastal Connection)
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