SERVICE OPTIMISATION AND ROUTE COSTING AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAMMES

In a review of the operational strategy of the West Yorkshire PTE the paper outlines reasons for the strategy and defines its responsibility for the provision of public transport which covers levels of service, type of service, financial control, and fare levels. A service optimisation method has been adopted to optimise the level of service throughout the country to make the most efficient use of resources to suit passenger demand. Methods used in this approach are detailed including computer programs employed to evaluate options: programs used in this application include rapp, tasc, map, smooth, vampires, tracs, trics, tram and raft - the purpose of each program is briefly described. Finally, the paper examines the overall financial strategy of the PTE and identifies two major elements of the financial process: 1) construction of the financial plan, and 2) assessment of route costing output. The background of each element and its application is described in detail. For the covering abstract see UMTRIS 377151.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Seminar on Public Transport Operations Research, July 14-16, 1980.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Leeds

  Department of Computer Studies
  Leeds, West Yorkshire  United Kingdom  LS2 9JT
• Authors:
  • Davies, R R
  • Williams, D
• Publication Date: 1980-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 128-200
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Leeds University, England
  • Publisher: University of Leeds

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Analysis; Bus routes; Buses; Computer programs; Conferences; Costs; Demand; Economic factors; Economics; Fares; Financing; Level of service; Local government agencies; Mathematical analysis; Operations; Optimization; Planning; Public transit; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Optimum
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Operations planning
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 6471: Analysis (math); 1272: Bus; 8525: Conference; 285: Demand (econ); 263: Economics of transport; 244: Financing; 653: Level of service; 192: Local authority; 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00377162
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1983 12:00AM