BUS PRIORITIZATION MEASURES IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA

This article is authored by team members of the 9th International Transit Studies Program (ITSP) mission held October 29-November 15, 1998. The mission's theme was "Revitalizing Urban Public Transport in Australia and New Zealand." The article focuses on bus prioritization measures in New Zealand and Australia, with emphasis on the countries' policies and practices of transit priority treatments that are either planned or have been implemented. Special attention is given to the implementation of bus rapid transit systems that many U.S. cities are currently planning as an alternative to capital-intensive rail systems. The authors demonstrate, by studying the public transit systems of several cities in New Zealand and Australia, that bus prioritization works best when it is integrated with land-use planning and part of a coordinated, multi-modal approach to public transport.

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Eno Transportation Foundation

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Authors:
- Soon, C D
- Hu, K
Publication Date: 1999

Language

English

Media Info

Features: Photos;
Pagination: p. 91-108
Serial:
- Transportation Quarterly
- Volume: 53
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
- ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Bus priority; Bus rapid transit; Bus transit; Cities; Land use planning; Large cities; Multimodal transportation; Public transit; Rapid transit; Urban transit; Urban transportation; Urban transportation policy
Geographic Terms: Australia; New Zealand; United States
Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00789454
Record Type: Publication
Files: TRIS
Created Date: Mar 15 2000 12:00AM