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Small City Transit: Amherst, Massachusetts: Free-Fare, Student Operated Transit in a University Community

R F Casey, William K. Michener, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

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Amherst, Massachusetts, is an illustration of a free-fare transit service serving a university campus. This case study is one of thirteen examples of a transit service in a small community. The background of the community is discussed along with a description of the implementation process and operational characteristics of the transit service. The process through which the community responds to the specific needs for transit service within the local context is stressed.

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Key concepts: Transit (satellite), Service (business), Context (archaeology), Public transport, Rapid transit, Process (computing), Transport engineering, Business