Research Article
Mar 1981
Allocating Public Transit Costs Among Participants
Authors: James W. Male, AM.ASCE, John Collura, AM.ASCE, and Paul W.John Shuldiner, M.ASCEAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 107, Issue 2
Abstract
A methodology was developed to aid in the selection of procedures to allocate regional transit costs among participants. The methodology provides a means for comparing a variety of allocation procedures, based on the equity of the cost allocation and the cost to use the procedure. Measures of equity were developed to allow comparison of each procedure with a prespecified ideal allocation. Data from a 100% sample of a regional transit service in Barnstable County, Mass., were used to illustrate the use of the procedure. Ten procedures were analyzed, each having different variables, data sampling frequencies, and weighting coefficients. The 10 procedures were compared to an allocation based on each participant's individual cost. Results showed that use of the methodology allowed elimination of several allocation procedures from further consideration.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 107 • Issue 2 • March 1981
Pages: 213 - 225
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© 1981 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Mar 1981
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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James W. Male, AM.ASCE
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01003.
John Collura, AM.ASCE
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01003.
Paul W.John Shuldiner, M.ASCE
Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 01003.
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