Using Pictograms to Make Transit Easier to Navigate for Customers with Communication BarriersApril 29, 2013 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 59: Using Pictograms to Make Transit Easier to Navigate for Customers with Communication Barriers explores whether pictograms–picture-based communication tools that use illustrations with few or no words–can be effective in communicating emergency information and behavioral modification to people with communication challenges&n...
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Methods for Forecasting Demand and Quantifying Need for Rural Passenger TransportationApril 16, 2013 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 58: Methods for Forecasting Demand and Quantifying Need for Rural Passenger Transportation supplements TCRP Report 161 by describing how the research team developed the report’s need and demand estimation methods, the findings of the analyses, and recommendations for functions to be used in estimation of need and demand. TCRP R...
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Audience Measurement for Transit AdvertisingSeptember 4, 2012 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 57: Audience Measurement for Transit Advertising explores the development of methods for measuring the various segments of transit advertising media, including bus exteriors, bus and railcar interiors, and in-station advertising. • Appendix C – Transit Media Buyer/Planner Survey Responses • Appendix D – Transit Media Buyer/Plan...
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Methodology for Determining the Economic Development Impacts of Transit ProjectsJune 21, 2012 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 56: Methodology for Determining the Economic Development Impacts of Transit Projects explores development of a method for transit agencies to assess whether and under what circumstances transit investments have economic benefits that are in addition to land development stimulated by travel time savings. As part of the project a...
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Assessing and Comparing Environmental Performance of Major Transit Investments May 25, 2012 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 55: Assessing and Comparing Environmental Performance of Major Transit Investments is the final report of the research project that was used to produce TCRP Research Results Digest 105: Summary of Research Findings: Assessing and Comparing Environmental Performance of Major Transit Investments .
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Performance-Based Track Geometry, Phase 1May 31, 2012 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 52: Performance-Based Track Geometry explores ride quality literature, vehicle characterization and on-track ride quality testing, track geometry measures, and NUCARS' (a railway multi-body dynamics computer program) modeling and simulation capabilities. The research highlighted in TCRP Web-Only Document 52 is the first phase o...
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Survey Instrument, Productivity Charts, and Interview Protocol for Case Studies for TCRP Report 142September 9, 2010 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 50: Survey Instrument, Productivity Charts, and Interview Protocol for Case Studies for TCRP Report 142 contains the appendixes for TCRP Report 142. TCRP Report 142 : Vehicle Operator Recruitment, Retention, and Performance in ADA Complementary Paratransit Operations provides guidance for understanding the r...
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Methods for Forecasting Demand and Quantifying Need for Rural Passenger TransportationAugust 4, 2010 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 49: Methods for Forecasting Demand and Quantifying Need for Rural Passenger Transportation is designed as a workbook to help planners answer questions regarding the magnitude of the need for public transit services within a geographic area, as well as the annual ridership--i.e. “demand”--that a transit service might be expected...
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Ground-Borne Noise and Vibration in Buildings Caused by Rail TransitJune 23, 2010 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 48: Ground-Borne Noise and Vibration in Buildings Caused by Rail Transit explores development of a dosage-response relationship useful for predicting community annoyance due to ground vibration produced by rail transit systems.
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Transit Capacity and Quality of Service ManualJanuary 1, 1999 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 6: Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual contains background, statistics, and graphics providing orientation to the various types of public transportation, and it introduces a new framework for measuring transit availability and quality of service from the passenger point of view. The manual contains quantitative techn...
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Literature Review for Providing Access to Public Transportation StationsMay 4, 2009 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 44: Literature Review for Providing Access to Public Transportation Stations describes the results of the literature review examining various alternatives for providing access to and from stations of new and mature high-capacity public transportation systems, including heavy rail, light rail, commuter rail, and bus rapid transi...
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Track Maintenance Costs on Rail Transit PropertiesJune 23, 2009 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 43: Track Maintenance Costs on Rail Transit Properties examines agency practices, innovations, and lessons learned in track maintenance costs.
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Evaluation of Project Delivery MethodsMay 12, 2009 TRB’s Transit Cooperative Highway Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 41: Evaluation of Project Delivery Methods explores pertinent literature and research findings related to various project delivery methods for transit projects. The report also includes definitions of project delivery methods and highlights the existing selection approaches commonly used by transit agencies. A co... |