![]() Because Broward County resembles much of auto-oriented urban America, the insights provided through this analysis should enable planners and policy-makers to craft policies that would make transit more relevant to residents in the US’s other decentralised, auto-oriented urban areas. The results indicate that easier transit access to employment is a more important determinant of bus transit ridership in Broward County than are land use variables, for these largely transit-dependent riders. From such observations, we draw statistical inferences about what is important and not important to BCT’s riders and make further inferences about how policy-makers could influence what is important in order to increase ridership. The model explains ridership between an origin zone and a destination zone as a function of origin zone and destination zone socioeconomic and land use characteristics and the generalised price (measured as travel time) of travelling between the zones by public transit. We seek to obtain such understanding by examining the behaviour of BCT’s riders through a demand model. ![]() The results of this study give further empirical support to recent transit system initiatives to focus more service on decentralised employment centres using multidestination transit network structures. The hypothesis, which the study confirms, is that price (time to reach employment) is more important than land use variables for explaining transit patronage, at least for a bus-only transit system with a large number of transit-dependent riders. This (2000) study seeks to understand its performance despite its transit-unfriendly urban environment by estimating a transit ridership demand model that differs from most by including generalised price of transit travel from origin to destination. Broward County has few land use attributes thought necessary for transit success. In 2004, Broward County Transit, located in Broward County, Florida, had among the highest ridership per capita and lowest cost per passenger kilometre of all-bus systems in US metropolitan areas with between 1 million and 5 million people. All subjects Allied Health Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine Dentistry Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Endocrinology & Metabolism Environmental Science General Medicine Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Medico-legal Neurology Nursing Nutrition Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care Pediatrics Pharmacology & Toxicology Psychiatry & Psychology Public Health Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Radiology Research Methods & Evaluation Rheumatology Surgery Tropical Medicine Veterinary Medicine Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Environmental Science Life Sciences Neuroscience Pharmacology & Toxicology Biomedical Engineering Engineering & Computing Environmental Engineering Materials Science Anthropology & Archaeology Communication & Media Studies Criminology & Criminal Justice Cultural Studies Economics & Development Education Environmental Studies Ethnic Studies Family Studies Gender Studies Geography Gerontology & Aging Group Studies History Information Science Interpersonal Violence Language & Linguistics Law Management & Organization Studies Marketing & Hospitality Music Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Philosophy Politics & International Relations Psychoanalysis Psychology & Counseling Public Administration Regional Studies Religion Research Methods & Evaluation Science & Society Studies Social Work & Social Policy Sociology Special Education Urban Studies & Planning BROWSE JOURNALS
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