Project: #340 Transit dependents, choice riders, and service criticality: an analysis of the determinants of bus ridership in the Philadelphia Region Progress Report - Reporting Period Ending: March 31, 2021 Principal Investigator: Erick Guerra Status: Active Start Date: July 1, 2020 End Date: June 30, 2022 Research Type: Applied Grant Type: Research Grant Program: FAST Act - Mobility National (2016 - 2022) Grant Cycle: Mobility21 - University of Pennsylvania Progress Report (Last Updated: March 25, 2021, 10:19 a.m.) % Project Completed to Date: 25 % Grant Award Expended: 25 % Match Expended & Document: 0 USDOT Requirements Accomplishments We completed the literature review and a draft manuscript of the choice ridership analysis. Findings have been presented at internal online presentations at Carnegie Mellon, University of Texas Austion, and the University of Pennsylvania. I have also shared and discussed results with staff from SEPTA and the City of Philadelphia. During the next reporting cycle, we will continue to disseminate results, seek feedback from stakeholders, and submit the manuscript for presentation. We will also complete data collection/processing and initial modeling for the study looking at the effects of Covid-19 on transit ridership. Impacts I have worked with SEPTA and City of Philadelphia staff to discuss how findings might help support and inform the city's transit plan and SEPTA's forthcoming bus network redesign. Over the coming reporting cycle, I hope to push the findings to help support the implementation of the City of Philadelphia's Transit Oriented Development Zoning Overlay. Other Nothing to report Outcomes New Partners Nothing to report Issues Nothing to report