INTEGRATED SERVICE PLANNING IN DORDRECHT

In the Netherlands, public transport planning plays an important role in strategic planning. The Dutch government is pursuing policy changes to ensure sustainable development. The objectives are to raise transit's share in the modal split and to improve operators' financial performance. Dordrecht Municipal Authority has taken an integrated approach to public transport planning to complement its urban development strategy. In June 1997 the three-bus system was introduced with the objectives to stimulate ridership and increase revenue: the express bus provides direct, speedy connections with high frequency to serve commuter journeys; the city bus uses liquefied petroleum gas vehicles with 3- to 10-min headways to connect the historical city center with the Central Station; and the service bus improves the connectivity of neighborhoods and enhances accessibility between the suburbs and the city center. The service net is also designed to serve the mobility needs of elderly and handicapped passengers in wheelchairs. The integrated network aims to provide quality service to meet passenger requirements. To finance the new system, an extra fare zone was introduced in January 1998. A research program in three phases has been implemented to monitor and evaluate the effects.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/1618-25
• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=INTEGRATED+SERVICE+PLANNING+IN+DORDRECHT&author=F.+CHEUNG&publication_year=1998
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1618, Transit: Planning, Management, Marketing, New Technology, Capacity, and Quality of Service.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • CHEUNG, F
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 206-212
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1618
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Commuter service; Express service; Financing; Integrated systems; Mobility; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Strategic planning; Suburbs; Sustainable development; Wheelchairs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Integration; Transit services
• Geographic Terms: Dordrecht (Netherlands)
• Old TRIS Terms: Central city service
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00755085
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309064643
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 16 1998 12:00AM