WORKSHOP ON TRANSIT FARE POLICY AND MANAGEMENT: RESEARCH NEEDS AND PRIORITIES. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

These welcoming remarks provide an introduction to the Workshop on Transit Fare Policy and Management. J.E. Markowitz, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Chair, Workshop Steering Committee, comments on the workshop structure and the intended outcome of the workshop. B. Arrillaga, Federal Transit Administration, comments on the renewed interest in transit operational and fare issues, the newly established Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), and the availability of funding for transit operational and management research. S.R. Mundle, Mundle and Associates, Chair, TRB Section E--Public Transportation, highlights the activities of the fourteen Committees and Task Forces within TRB Section E. P.L. Shaw, Transportation Research Board, comments on the numerous opportunities for transit research studies addressing high-priority issues that are currently available and the ways that results from this workshop may be used in the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP).