This publication contains the 2012 Thomas B. Deen distinguished lecture on the future of public transportation. This issue also contains 20 other papers that explore the business plan approach of a transportation agency; distribution of federal transit funds; Friday exceptions in weekday schedules for urban transit; passenger incidence (station arrival) behavior; and extra-board performance. This issue of the TRR also examines travel time impact of missed transit connections; small urban transit marginal cost pricing and subsidy; the impact of London tube strikes on journey times; urban transit guidelines; bus-holding control strategies; bus replacement age and total costs; quantification of transit service reliability; bus dwell-time models of main urban route stops; measurement systems for public transport performance; transit line passenger transmission and productiveness under high loads; travel path choice impact assessment using automatic fare collection systems; perceptions of transit service; effects of personal pro-environmental attitudes on mode choice behavior; public policy objectives and urban transit; and passenger ferry service and economic development in the New York City region. (Author/publisher)
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