Geographical Analysis of Hub City Transit

<p>This study assess Hub City Transit, the public bus system of Hattiesburg, MS. Statistical analysis is used to determine how well the transit system serves low income areas of the city. A 0.5 mile buffer was applied to the bus routes to determine the coverage of the transit system. Areas of disorder along the routes were also assessed to analyze the landscape routes pass through. Lastly, an analysis of ridership on each route was performed to determine the most heavily used areas, as well as to assess where riders are going on each route.</p> <p>The findings show that Hub City Transit is serving the low income demographic that they state they wish to serve. Also, ridership analysis suggests that the transit system is a truly needed service, as most riders seem to utilize it to get to health care facilities and grocery stores. An abundance of disorder in the landscape of the routes was found and in many areas these are the areas of highest ridership.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geography and Geology

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Watts, Joshua Adam

Contributors dc:contributor

• Joby Bass
• David Cochran
• George Raber

• Accessibility
• GIS
• Landscapes
• Ridership
• Geographic Information Sciences
• Human Geography
• Other Statistics and Probability

Repository record dc:identifier

https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/97

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1093