BUS PASSENGER WAITING TIMES IN CENTRAL AREAS

THE RESULTS OF A STUDY INITIATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BUS SERVICE INTERVAL AND AVERAGE PASSENGER WAITING TIME UNDER PEAK AND OFF-PEAK TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IS DESCRIBED. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE ASSUMPTION OFTEN MADE THAT THE AVERAGE PASSENGER WAITING TIME EQUALS ONE-HALF THE BUS SERVICE INTERVAL DURING ON OR OFF-PEAK TRAFFIC PERIODS IS NOT CORRECT: DURING THE EVENING PEAK IN LEEDS, FROM 50 PER CENT (FIVE-MINUTE SERVICE INTERVAL) TO 30 PER CENT (12 MINUTE SERVICE INTERVAL). AT SERVICE INTERVALS BELOW 1.5 TO TWO MINUTES, THE AVERAGE WAITING TIME OF PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT RANDOM APPEARS TO BE GREATER THAN THE SERVICE INTERVAL. THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR SAYING THAT THE AVERAGE WAITING TIME IN OFF-PEAK PERIODS INCREASES AS THE SIZE OF THE CENTRAL AREA CONSIDERED IS INCREASED. /RRL/A/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 11, No 9, PP 419-421, 2 FIG, 5 REF
• Authors:
  • O'FLAHERTY, C A
  • Mancan, D O
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Passengers; Peak hour traffic; Service time; Traffic delays; Waiting time
• Old TRIS Terms: Central location
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227768
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1970 12:00AM