Authors : J. Oluwoye , E. Gooding and J. Lee
Abstract: Planners have relied on selected criteria of transit service quality to evaluate usage levels of public transit systems. Most transit development plans (TDPs) place heavy emphasis on a comprehensive description of the area: its population, geography, economic base, and the various forms of transportation available. The purpose of this paper is to examine a range of variables that influence the rural transit systems. The data for this research paper were obtained from a survey of twenty-seven Alabama`s rural transit providers carried out in year 2000 by the Center for Urban and Rural Research, Alabama A&M University. A statistical computer package SPSS was used for data analysis. The questionnaire response data was analyzed by the use of Pearson`s product moment correlation`s to measure the strength of relationship between two interval level variables. The results of the analysis reveals that some aspects of Rural Transit Agency organizational planning affect the ability of the agency to meet counties goals. The paper concludes that in formulating policy to evaluate performance measures of rural transit providers, rural transit planners can begin to apply the information from these empirical studies toward the development of a rationale for their transit agency`s planning priorities and also that performance evaluation is a vital and important element of any successful business.
J. Oluwoye , E. Gooding and J. Lee , 2005. Variables Influencing Performance Measures of Rural Transit Providers. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 3: 1144-1151.