Fixed Route Transit Service standards for the Cedar Rapids: Marion Metropolitan Area, June 1979

(1979) Fixed Route Transit Service standards for the Cedar Rapids: Marion Metropolitan Area, June 1979. Transportation, Department of

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Abstract

The purpose of this report is to identify means by which the Bus Service in Cedar Rapids and Marion may be evaluated. The means chosen should allow the examination of a.) expansion of service to areas not currently receiving service, and b.) the efficiency of the operation of the system. The bus system serving Cedar Rapids has recently undergone a series of changes and updating. Within approximately twelve months the Regional Transit Corporation became a City Department, an administrative assistant was hired, 20 GMC RTS II buses were delivered and placed into service, a marketing program was undertaken, and route headways and schedules were comprehensively revised. In addition to these recent developments, federal and state monitoring and grant information requirements are increasing. These factors all lead to a shortage of manpower and monitoring capabilities in the Bus Department. Short-range Transit Planning should help solve some of the problems of future decision making and help ensure a continued orderly growth into the future.