Our study looks at the direct and indirect impacts of part-time labor implementation (PTLI) at five transit agencies: Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Settle METRO), Orange County Transit District (OCTD), Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA), Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TRI-MET), and Central Contra Costa County Transit Authority (CCCTA). Direct impacts include changes in operating costs and labor productivity. Direct impacts include the cost of any concessions which management makes to obtain PTLI, and the performance of TROs -- their absenteeism, accidents, and attrition.

This project will make a systematic comparison and analysis of the relative costs of a variety of work rules for bus drivers in each of a selected sample of transit properties in California. The study will also examine the costs and benefits of peak hour ridership in relation to transit management.

To develop norms for a standard set of performance indicators and compare these norms across different types of fixed-route bus operations.