PLANNING FOR BUSES IN GREATER LONDON

This report is about requirements for buses in the urban infrastructure. It is intended for people planning new developments, highway improvements and traffic and environmental management schemes. It consists of three papers concerning respectively town centres, highway schemes and residential areas. It has been written specifically about Greater London, but much of the contents are applicable to other urban or suburban areas. The first paper, "Buses in Town Centres", gives guidelines for buses and discusses access and walking distances, stops and passenger comprehension, passenger waiting environment, interchange, bus routeing, car parks and buses, and bus terminals. Different approaches which both retain and exclude buses from shopping streets are examined in relation to environmental improvement. The main factors to be considered in evaluating individual town centre schemes from the point of view of their effects on bus passengers and bus operations are listed. Mention is made of problems specific to coaches and of superstore developments outside town centres. "Buses in Highway Schemes" examines routeing and terminals, location, siting and access to bus stops and bays, the passenger environment, and arrangements during construction periods. The third paper: "Buses in Residential Areas" gives guidelines for bus access in the sort of residential area development which is to be found in the London area. It points out the requirements for bus services and comments on how housing, carriageway and pedestrian way layouts need to be planned and designed to enable buses to serve the areas effectively. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Greater London Council

  County Hall
  London SE1 7PB,   England 
• Authors:
  • Bradburn, P D
  • HURDLE, D I
• Publication Date: 1981-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 118 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Bus stops; Bus terminals; Bus transit; Buses; Central business districts; Development; Highway planning; Planning; Public transit; Residential areas; Routing; Transit vehicle operations; Transportation planning; Urban transportation; Waiting time; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Inner cities; Residential development
• Geographic Terms: London (England); United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus transportation (Intracity)
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 916: Car park; 1195: Change (transp); 224: Cost; 2455: Environment; 2720: Footway; 2755: Highway; 9108: Improvement; 699: Itinerary; 2885: Layout; 9061: Location; 1144: Operations (transp network); 341: Pedestrian precinct; 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 307: Residential area; 320: Shopping centre; 304: Suburbs; 1074: Terminus; 311: Town centre; 8119: United Kingdom; 9100: Waiting time; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00348396
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 7168 1188 X
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1982 12:00AM