The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) provides parking at various locations on campus. However, this parking is not enough to meet demand and is increasingly becoming congested with single-occupant vehicles. Many students have to park upwards of about two miles from their campus destinations, either at periphery campus parking structures or off campus entirely, and then walk to the campus. The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC)–in coordination with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)–conducted the study described in this report in order to determine the impact of improved bus service for students, staff, faculty, and others. The primary objective of this study was to identify the origins and destinations of UNLV students, staff, and faculty; their travel behaviors; their willingness to take buses to travel to the campus; and the cost associated with improved bus service. This study identified the services that should be improved in order to encourage students, staff, and faculty to take the bus, and found that if public transportation services were improved, most of them who never or rarely take public buses would be willing to ride buses to UNLV. A cost analysis based on improved bus service showed that the students would have to pay $47.17 per semester to use it. In addition, the survey data showed that 50% of the student respondents were against including bus fees in semester fees. Therefore, to maintain existing farebox recovery, the cost of a 30-day pass and U-Pass should be increased 700%.


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    Title :

    Community Transit Service at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2017


    Size :

    93 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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