SKIP-STOP OPERATION AS A METHOD FOR TRANSIT SPEED INCREASE

SKIP-STOP OPERATION HAS BEEN USED WITH CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS IN CHICAGO AND PHILADELPHIA. THIS IS THE SOLE METHOD BY WHICH THE SPEED OF URBAN TRANSIT LINES WITH ONLY TWO TRACKS CAN BE INCREASED AND HIGH FREQUENCY OF SERVICE CAN BE MAINTAINED. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE WAS TO DESCRIBE AND EVALUATE THIS TYPE OF OPERATION. ON THE BASIS OF THE ANALYSIS, CONCLUSIONS WERE DRAWN AS TO THE CASES IN WHICH THIS TYPE OF OPERATION IS SUPERIOR TO THE STANDARD OPERATION IN WHICH ALL TRAINS STOP AT ALL STATIONS.

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  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808871?urlappend=%3Bseq=319
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 307-327
• Serial:
  • Traffic Quarterly
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0041-0713

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Level of service; Rapid transit; Speed; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226813
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 2001 12:00AM