Objective Category
Transit Operations and Management: Loading Standards

This category contains objectives on improving transit loading standards.

Associated Objectives and Performance Measures

Objective Performance Measure
Load factors for (route type) routes at each route's busiest point should not exceed X on any vehicle (or on the average vehicle) during peak/off-peak periods. Load factor.
Passenger loads on (route type) routes at each route's busiest point should not exceed X passengers on any vehicle (or on average) during the hour during peak/off-peak periods Maximum passenger loads.
No more than X standees should be present at each route's busiest point on any vehicle (or on the average vehicle) during peak/off-peak periods. Maximum standees.
No passenger will have to stand for more than X minutes during their journey. Duration of standee time.

Associated Planning Factors and Goals

Planning Factor Goal
D. Increase the accessibility and mobility of people and for freight; Achieve a significant reduction in congestion
G. Promote efficient system management and operation; Improve the efficiency of the surface transportation system

Associated Service Packages

Service Package
PT02: Transit Fixed-Route Operations
PT07: Transit Passenger Counting

Source

Planning for Operations Desk Reference


 
Since the mapping between objectives and service packages is not always straight-forward and often situation-dependent, these mappings should only be used as a starting point. Users should do their own analysis to identify the best service packages for their region.