Public Transit & Multimodal Transportation Flashcards
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What federal agency administers grants for public transit capital and operating assistance in the United States?
Answer: Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), within the US Department of Transportation, administers programs that fund transit capital projects, operations, and planning through formula and competitive grants.
What is 'headway' in public transit operations?
Answer: The scheduled time interval between consecutive transit vehicles on a route
Headway is the time gap between successive transit vehicles on the same route at the same point, directly affecting service frequency and passenger wait times.
What is Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and what distinguishes it from standard bus service?
Answer: BRT is a high-capacity bus service with dedicated lanes, off-board fare payment, level boarding, and frequent service resembling rail transit
BRT combines the flexibility of buses with rail-like features — dedicated bus lanes, station platforms with off-board fare payment, level boarding, frequent service, and transit signal priority — to provide faster, more reliable service.
In transit planning, what does 'mode share' measure?
Answer: The fraction of total person trips or VMT made by a specific travel mode
Mode share (or modal split) measures the percentage of total travel demand — trips, person-miles, or VMT — attributed to each travel mode (transit, auto, walking, cycling, etc.).
What is a 'transit-oriented development' (TOD)?
Answer: Compact, mixed-use development within walking distance of high-frequency transit stations designed to promote transit ridership
TOD creates walkable, mixed-use communities centered around transit stations, combining residential, commercial, and employment uses within a quarter- to half-mile radius to maximize transit ridership and reduce auto dependence.
Which transit performance metric measures the number of passengers carried per revenue vehicle mile?
Answer: Passengers per revenue vehicle mile
Passengers per revenue vehicle mile (riders/RVM) measures service productivity by quantifying how many riders are carried for each mile of revenue service operated.