BUS SERVICES IN SMALLER URBAN AREAS

IN PROVINCIAL TOWNS IN DENMARK BUSES ARE MOSTLY OPERATED BY PRIVATE CONCESSION HOLDERS. TO HELP RAISE THE LEVEL OF SERVICE PUBLIC SUSBIDY MAY BE ALLOCATED TO THE BUS OPERATOR. A STUDY WAS MADE IN 1971-72 IN THE TOWN OF ORSKILDE (50,000 INHABITANTS) SITUATED 20 MILES FROM COPENHAGEN WITH THE AIM OF ASCERTAINING THE OPTIMUM METHOD OF SUBSIDISING THE PRIVATE BUS COMPANY SO AS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT. THE STUDY CONSISTED OF (1) A REVIEW OF PRESENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, (2) PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING OPERATIONS, AND (3) IMPLEMENTATION. THE METHOD USED IN THE TWO FIRST PHASES ARE DESCRIBED. PHASE 1 RECORDS THE EXISTING OPERATION AND UTILIZATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT BY MEANS OF A PASSENGER COUNT STUDY OF SPEED AND BOARDING TIME, AND RECORDING OF POPULATION PER STREET. IN PHASE 2 ALTERNATIVE BUS NETWORKS WERE DEVELOPED. OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THE BUSES WERE SPLIT INTO BUS-DEPENDENT, TIME-DEPENDENT, MILE-DEPENDENT AND FIXED COSTS. EXPECTED EARNINGS WERE CALCULATED BASED ON PASSENGER PATRONAGE (NUMBER OF PASSENGERS PER 100 RESIDENTS) RECORDED IN PHASE 1. FROM THIS THE ECONOMIC AND OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF EACH BUS NETWORK WERE EVALUATED. A TRANSLATION OF THIS ARTICLE INTO ENGLISH IS AVAILABLE UNDER TRRL LIBRARY NO. 7304001 /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Stads-og Havneing /Denmark

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• Authors:
  • Jensen, Elin
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 105-8
• Serial:
  • Volume: 63
  • Issue Number: 6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Bus transportation; Costs; Operations; Passengers; Private enterprise; Public relations; Subsidies; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Public support
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226974
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 11 1974 12:00AM