CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT DEMAND IN INDIAN CITIES

This report presents the results of surveys made in a number of Indian cities on the demand for public transport services. It is one of a series which presents the findings of a joint research project carried out over the two year period 1978-80 by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL) and the Indian Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU). Demand for all modes of public transport was monitored, including that for privately operated intermediate public transport (IPT) modes. Such services are widely operated in cities of the third world, either in competition with or complementary to conventional bus services. Surveys undertaken mainly took the form of passenger interviews. The results give an insight into the travel patterns and socio-economic characteristics of passengers using the various forms of public transport available for use in Indian cities. (A) (TRRL)

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  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • MAUNDER, DAC
  • Fouracre, P R
  • Pathak, M G
  • Rao, C H
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 24 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Transport and Road Research Laboratory
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • ISSN: 0266-7045

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Bus transit; Buses; Demand; Developing countries; Economics; Interviewing; Private transportation; Public transit; Rapid transit; Socioeconomic factors; Sociology; Tariffs; Travel; Travel demand; Travel patterns; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: India
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus transportation (Intracity); Intermediate rapid transit
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 1272: Bus; 285: Demand (econ); 150: Developing countries; 255: Economics; 8045: India; 9147: Interview; 698: Journey; 746: Private transport; 744: Public transport; 2253: Sociology; 241: Tariff; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00348798
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: NSR 709 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 28 1982 12:00AM