@BOOK{NAP22619, author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.", title = "Methods for Forecasting Demand and Quantifying Need for Rural Passenger Transportation: Final Workbook", doi = "10.17226/22619", abstract = "TRB\u2019s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 161: Methods for Forecasting Demand and Quantifying Need for Rural Passenger Transportation: Final Workbook presents step-by-step procedures for quantifying the need for passenger transportation services and the demand that is likely to be generated if passenger transportation services are provided.The report is supplemented by two products: an Excel spreadsheet that can be used to implement the procedures included in the workbook; and a methodology report, TCRP Web-Only Document 58, which documents how the research team developed the need and demand estimation methods, the findings of the analyses, and recommendations for functions to be used in estimation of need and demand.The Excel spreadsheet is available for download only from TRB\u2019s website.Excel Spreadsheet Disclaimer - This software is offered as is, without warranty or promise of support of any kind either expressed or implied. Under no circumstance will the National Academy of Sciences or the Transportation Research Board (collectively \"TRB\") be liable for any loss or damage caused by the installation or operation of this product. TRB makes no representation or warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, in fact or in law, including without limitation, the warranty of merchantability or the warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, and shall not in any case be liable for any consequential or special damages.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22619/methods-for-forecasting-demand-and-quantifying-need-for-rural-passenger-transportation-final-workbook", year = 2013, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }