SERVICE LEVELS OF URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT VOLUME II. REPORT OF A ROUND TABLE MEETING

The present insights into the problems associated with the level of service in general are described. To this end six experts were invited to write conceptual papers on the methodological problems of setting and quantifying appropriate levels of service that both satisfy the demand for public transport and make a positive net social welfare contribution. They were also asked to consider approaches to subsidize the allocation in the event of a budget constraint. A summary of the discussion is given. The contributions of the experts are published unabridged. The titles of the contributions are: (1) justification and management of bus subsidies. (2) a procedure for determining the levels of service of public transport in the nine major cities in the Netherlands. (3) grant allocation and the standardisation of public transport service in Dutch cities. (4) analysis of alternative transit service policies for the Netherlands. (5) standard of service for urban public transport. For the other volumes of this series see IRRD 271267, 271269-271273. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also IRRD 260054, TRIS 361462.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat

  P.O. Box 20901
  2500 EX The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Garden, J
  • MacKinlay, E
  • Beesley, M E
  • Buchanan
  • LEWIS, K
  • Kemp, M A
  • Mannham, M L
  • Roth, G
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 185 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Demand; Federal government; Forecasting; Level of service; Local government agencies; Networks; Operating costs; Policy; Public transit; Quality control; Ridership; Sociology; Standardization; Subsidies; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quality; Transportation networks
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 285: Demand (econ); 132: Forecast; 183: Government (national); 653: Level of service; 192: Local authority; 8078: Netherlands; 1054: Network (traffic); 221: Operating costs; 173: Policy; 744: Public transport; 9063: Quality; 2253: Sociology; 9075: Standardization; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00380887
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM