The study investigated transit fare policy from the aspects of fare structure and fare collection. Census and performance data were gathered for seventy-three cities and survey forms were sent to the transit properties. While many transit properties admitted the inequity of flat fares, most reported difficulty in administering distance-based fares. The current trend is toward simpler fare structures--reducing the number of zones or converting to a flat fare system. Use of zonal fare structures is mostly confined to larger cities; however, flat fares are more likely to be used in cities with grid shaped street patterns. Information regarding state-of-the-art in fare collection was obtained from different manufacturers in the United States and European countries. Because transit systems in Europe more commonly use distance-based fares, available compact automatic bus fare collection equipment is far more advanced than that in the United States.


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    Title :

    Implementating Distance-Based Fares on Bus Transit


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    108 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English