Park and Ride Service

a sign shows the direction to a nearby park and ride facility.

General Description:

Park and Ride Transit consist of a parking garage and/or lot used for parking passengers' automobiles, either free or for a fee, while they use transit agency facilities. Park-and-ride facilities are generally established as collector sites for rail or bus service and may also serve as collector sites for vanpools and carpools, and as transit centers.

A kiss and ride facility is a part of a park and ride facility where commuters who are passengers in non-transit vehicles are dropped off to board a public transportation vehicle.  These types of facilities may be initiated in cooperation with gateway communities.

 

Effects of Solution:

 

þ     Increase Passenger Throughput (Transit improves throughput)

¨     Increase Roadway Capacity

¨     Manage System Efficiency

þ     Reduce Local Demand (Reduces vehicular demand)

 

Park and Ride Transit increases passenger throughput and reduces local demand by reducing the number of vehicle trips to a destination.

 

Examples of Implementation:

Shenandoah National Park

Douglas K. Morris, Superintendent, Shenandoah National Park

Charles Newton, Park Engineer, Shenandoah National Park

 

Dinosaur National Monument

Denis L. Ditmanson, Superintendent

 

Cost/Financial Information:

 

Costs will vary depending upon the facilities/infrastructure needed, as well as the vehicles used, and other variables such as the length of routes and number of passengers carried.  See Fixed Route Service and Express Service fact sheets for more information.

 

Additional Resources:

American Public Transportation Association – APTA: http://www.apta.com

 

Community Transportation Association of America – CTAA: http://www.ctaa.org

 

Federal Transit Administration – FTA: http://www.fta.dot.gov