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 30, 2022 Principal Investigator: Erick Guerra Status: Active Start Date: July 1, 2020 End Date: June 30, 2023 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 1, 2022, 8:36 a.m.) % Project Completed to Date: 75 % Grant Award Expended: 75 % Match Expended & Document: 0 USDOT Requirements Accomplishments We have completed the choice ridership manuscript and published it in the Journal of Transportation and Land Use. Findings have been presented at internal online presentations at Carnegie Mellon, University of Texas Austin, and the University of Pennsylvania. The paper has also been been presented at WSTLUR, TRB, the Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, and several universities. We have completed data collection/processing and modeling for the study looking at the effects of Covid-19 on transit ridership. We have completed a draft and will be revising it over the coming months before submitting for publication. 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. Now that the choice ridership paper has been published, I am working to disseminate findings to local agencies and through media outlets. Other Nothing to report Outcomes New Partners Nothing to report Issues Nothing to report