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73 Conclusions 5.1 Motivation for and Objectives of Transit Network Redesigns For many decades, the bus networks in many cities were tweaked around the edges while cities focused on building fixed guideway transit or simply did not concentrate on transit. However, in recent years and actively continuing, many transit agencies and operators have planned, and in many cases implemented, complete redesigns of their bus networks.
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74 Synthesis on Comprehensive Bus Network Redesigns • Planning Process – Because the bus network redesigns are often the first holistic look at changing the bus network in many years, several agenices go beyond the existing service evaluation and conduct detailed market assessments, travel flow data, and origin-destination studies to help support the general structure of the recommendations. – With agencies having so much access to data, they utilize a wealth of ridership and travel time data from AVL and APC systems, as well as other sources.
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Conclusions 75 communities of differing demographics were receiving better levels of access with the new system, but one group recognized that while the other perceived the changes to be negative. Perception is reality, and agencies must be careful to frame their messaging in a way that is easy for all to understand.
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76 Synthesis on Comprehensive Bus Network Redesigns corridor, route, and trip level analysis, a redesign typically incorporates a detailed market and travel flow assessment to determine demand and service gaps. For example, MDOT MTA used travel demand model flows and DART used a purchased cell phone dataset to gain insight into where people were going in the service area – not just by transit, which is typically ascertained by origin-destination studies – but by all modes, an indicator of need.
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Conclusions 77 would implement all at once or mostly all at once with minor additional phases. For the agencies using phasing, the span of time for the phasing ranges anywhere from less than two years to 10 years or more.
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