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71 Bus ridership has been declining in all but a handful of cities across the United States. Topeka, Kansas, is one of the few cities that has not experienced this ridership decline.
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72 Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses 8.2.1 Long-Term Promotions Topeka Metro o ers several fare-free promotions that are a month or longer, as shown in Figure 8-2. Promotions that are one month or longer are considered separately from shorter programs (less than one month)
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The Impact of Fare-Free Promotions on Bus Ridership in Topeka, Kansas 73 8.2.2 Short-Term Promotions In addition to long-term promotions, Topeka Metro also o ers several short-term promotions throughout the year, as shown in Figure 8-3 and described in this section. It should be noted that the following analysis focuses on the long-term promotions (not these short-term promotions)
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74 Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses 8.3 Data Sources This study used data from different sources, which are shown in Table 8-1. Unlinked bus trip per route and VRM were obtained from Topeka Metro.
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The Impact of Fare-Free Promotions on Bus Ridership in Topeka, Kansas 75 8.4 Results Using fixed-effects regression techniques similar to those described in Appendix G of TCRP Web-Only Document 74, this study assessed the impacts of different fare-free promotions on bus ridership. The dependent variable (the variable being explained/predicted)
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76 Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses The results of this study also suggest that population and employment had a positive impact on ridership, but it is not significant. The reason behind this is likely the small change in population and employment during the study period.
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The Impact of Fare-Free Promotions on Bus Ridership in Topeka, Kansas 77 & Co., 2018; Berberich Trahan & Co., 2019)
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