Masters Theses

Date of Award

5-1991

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Planning

Major Professor

James Spencer

Committee Members

David Johnson, Theodore Newsom

Abstract

Residential migration, coupled with shifts of employment to suburban locations, has modified the nature pf urban travel patterns. Today, lateral commuting (commuting from one suburb to another) and reverse commuting (living in the central city and commuting to the suburbs) has replaced the traditional suburb-to-city commute. With the continued change in travel patterns many communities and organizations are in the process of compiling information on existing commute programs. The purpose of this study was to document existing information on reverse commuting operations. The programs studied were derived from a list of programs compiled by the Urban Mass Trasit Administration's Entrepreneurial Services Challenge Grant Program (ESP). Implementation, organization, operation, ridership, funding and financing were the areas studied. The study found that the characteristics of the reverse commute progams include implementation to provide transportation services to suburban work centers, resident management and non-profit organizational framework, and funding through the Urban Mass Transit Administration.

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