OPERATING STRATEGIES FOR MAJOR RADIAL BUS ROUTES

This report is to assist bus transit service planners and schedulers in designing bus routes and operating strategies in radial travel corridors. It defines alternative operating strategies and stopping policies that can improve transit productivity and demonstrates (through examples) how these strategies can be applied to reduce costs and improve performance. Service strategies discussed are intended for moderate-to-high demand corridors that have a strong directional orientation (toward the central business district or a rapid-transit station. The corridor definition is 8 or more busloads per hour cumulative passenger volume for all routes serving it. The strategies are intended only for use during the periods when corridor demand meets this qualification. This overview report is primarily descriptive and is to be followed by detailed planning manuals. Chapters of this volume discuss the use of express service, how local bus operation can be customized and refined to achieve more efficient operation, and how deadheading and interlining among corridor routes can reduce vehicle requirements.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/550
• Corporate Authors:

  Multiplications, Incorporated

  1050 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02138

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Planning, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  North Carolina Department of Transportation

  Division of Highways, P.O. Box 25201
  Raleigh, NC  United States  27611
• Publication Date: 1984-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 38 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Deadheading; Fleet management; Interlining; Operating costs; Peak periods; Planning; Productivity; Routing; Scheduling
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Fleet planning; Operating strategies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389382
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-I-84-27 Final Rpt.
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 30 2003 12:00AM