Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Transportation
Chapter Trans 3 - Urban Mass Transit Operating Assistance Program; Procedures For Counting Passenger Trips
Section Trans 3.02 - Definitions
Current through February 26, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Wisconsin department of transportation.
(1m) "Free fare passenger" means a person who makes a free fare trip.
(2) "Free fare passenger trip" means a trip on an urban mass transit system by a passenger who is all of the following:
(3) "Holiday" means any one of the 6 following legal holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas, or the day officially designated for its observance.
(3m) "Passenger" means an individual on board, boarding, or alighting a revenue transit vehicle.
(4) "Passenger trip" means an unlinked trip, as defined in s. Trans 4.02(8m), on an urban mass transit system vehicle.
(5) "Periods" mean the time periods during which a transit system is required to conduct its survey for the purpose of computing average fare factors pursuant to the survey method under s. Trans 3.04. The general limits of the respective periods are: period I, March through April; period II, mid-June through mid-August; period III, mid-September through mid-November. The specific limits of these periods for any year shall be determined by the department and a notice of that determination shall be mailed to participating transit systems by January 31 of that year.
(6) "Revenue passenger" means any passenger who pays a fare or for whom a fare has been paid by another under a contract or other arrangement with an urban mass transit system.
(7) "Revenue passenger trip" means a trip by a revenue passenger taken on an urban mass transit system. The transit system includes all express services, shuttles, trippers, route guarantees, and special contracts for routes or service that are open to the general public, unless the passenger trips on the routes are paid for and reported by another urban mass transit system receiving state transit aids under s. 85.20, Stats. Revenue passenger trips on specialized subsystems shall be included to the extent that the subsystem's operating expenses are included in the mass transit system's program under s. 85.20, Stats. If a subsystem's operating expenses are not fully supported by the participating urban mass transit system, then the revenue passenger trip figures from the subsystem shall be in proportion to the transit system's share of the subsystem's operating deficit.
(8) "Special fare day" means any day in which the transit system is operating with a single day or short term special tariff in effect.
(9) "Specialized subsystem" means a transportation service operated as a separate part of an urban mass transit system and which provides transportation exclusively for seniors and individuals with disabilities. The specialized subsystem may be operated directly by the urban mass transit system or by a public or private transportation provider under contract to the urban mass transit system receiving funds under s. 85.20, Stats.
(10) "Transfer passenger" means a person who makes a transfer passenger trip.
(11) "Transfer passenger trip" means a trip taken on an urban mass transit system by any passenger who uses a transfer or other equivalent for the purpose of completing a trip which requires boarding 2 or more vehicles.
(12) "Weekday/no school" means any day Monday through Friday when public elementary and high schools are not in regular session and are not conducting classes. Summer school is not considered to be part of the regular school session. If an urban mass transit system serves 2 or more public school districts with varying school schedules, the term includes only those days when the majority of pupils normally served are not attending regular school sessions.
(13) "Weekday/school" means any day Monday through Friday when public elementary and high schools are in regular session and conducting classes. Summer school is not considered to be part of the regular school session. If an urban mass transit system serves 2 or more public school districts with varying school schedules, the term includes only those days when the majority of the pupils normally served are attending regular school sessions.
