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9 Possible Causes of Ridership Decline Identified in the Literature Any analysis of factors affecting transit ridership should begin with a review of the previous literature. In order to isolate the different factors that affect ridership, this review is segmented into internal factors, which are controlled by transit agencies, and external factors.
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10 Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses 2.1.2 Fares Overall, increases in fares will modestly decrease transit ridership. Although sensitivity to fares can vary widely within the customer base, modest changes in fares have been found to affect ridership greatly (Liu, 1993; Kohn, 2000)
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Possible Causes of Ridership Decline Identified in the Literature 11 trends over time, researchers from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) came to the same conclusion (Thistle and Zimmer, 2019)
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12 Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses last mile or to connect origins and destinations directly (Becker et al., 2013; Westervelt et al., 2018; Bliss, 2017a)
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Possible Causes of Ridership Decline Identified in the Literature 13 by age, with younger members of the population using transit more; this is often related to their stage in family lifecycle and income. Following retirement, daily trip-making for commuting purposes drops dramatically, which would affect transit in particular since it relies on commuters for a significant proportion of its ridership.
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14 Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses reduce the number of transit-based shopping trips. Delivery services such as Amazon and GrubHub have made shopping- and dining-delivery possible (Suel and Polak, 2018)
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Possible Causes of Ridership Decline Identified in the Literature 15 ownership or used transit to access car-sharing. These mixed effects were noticed in Philadelphia and San Francisco (Cervero et al., 2007; Lane, 2005)
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16 Recent Decline in Public Transportation Ridership: Analysis, Causes, and Responses impact of millennials is unclear. TDM-related commuting policies to encourage transit usage and discourage auto usage can be successful at increasing ridership.
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