Top Transit Issues and Technologies: NextBus Shares Survey Results from 75 Top Universities

Filed Under Feature Stories, Research, University Transit

If you’ve ever wondered how your transit services stack up to those across the country, this article is for you. NextBus surveyed 75 U.S. universities and you may find the results surprising!

The majority of respondents believe that university transit systems improve the quality of university life and contribute to the safety of students, faculty, and staff. They are using a wide range of technology to improve their ability to serve their communities.

Read on to learn more about the respondent profile in the top eight issues that concern transportation professionals within university communities.

8 Biggest University Transit Issues

to improve the quality of university life
to run an efficient OnTime system
to maximize student, faculty, and staff safety
to ensure regulatory compliance
to promote environmentally friendly transportation alternatives
to provide a highly predictable route system
to gather highly accurate ridership and other operations performance data
to reduce costs without compromising service quality

Top Technologies Used

Automatic vehicle location systems	46%
On-board video and audio recording	38%
Automatic passenger counters (infrared, break-beam, etc.)	35%
Operations planning with geographical information systems (geo-coded data)	31%
Real-time traveler information systems	27%
Automatic visual passenger stop announcing systems	23%
Computer aided dispatch	23%
Automatic audible passenger stop announcing systems	19%
Transit management software	19%
Mobile data terminals	12%
Smart-card transit media	12%
Traffic signal priority	12%