THE EAST SUSSEX RURAL TRANSPORT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

This paper deals with the rural transport demonstration project - a joint East Sussex County Council/Department of Transport exercise. The rural transport problem has been well researched. Much effort has been centred on "needs" and the demand for travel. Equal, if not more, research effort has been devoted to transport modes - community buses, lift schemes, shared taxis, post buses etc. Up to now the approach has been problem-orientated, lacking the comprehensiveness of overall planning. In this county we had the Lewes Area Public Transport Study, a collaborative research exercise undertaken jointly by the Department of Transport and East Sussex County Council. We have now identified the way towards a solution to the rural transport problem as the co-ordination of Tertiary transport and its integration with the secondary services to supplement the primary network. This county has introduced Escort East Sussex Co-ordinated Rural Transport), a project designed to test the operational problems, financial benefits and improvements to the level of service resulting from the introduction of a "brokerage" system to co-ordinate the total Tertiary transport system and its users. This paper will explain the "brokerage" concept, and report on other developments of the project including multi-purpose transport services, local volunteer transport co-ordination and mini pools. (Author/TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Public Transport Planning and Operation. Proceedings of Seminar L held at the PTRC 11th Summer Annual Meeting.
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• Authors:
  • Brown, C
• Conference:
  • Planning & Transport Res & Comp, Sum Ann Mtg, Proc
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 5-13

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brokerage; Conferences; Coordination; Costs; Demand; Paratransit services; Planning; Public transit; Rural areas; Transportation operations; Transportation planning; Trip generation; Vanpools
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 285: Demand (econ); 663: Generated traffic; 696: Journey purpose; 1144: Operations (transp network); 1128: Paratransit; 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 328: Rural area; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382784
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-86050-112-4
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume P240
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM