POSSIBILITIES OF AN INTEGRATION OF "RUFBUS-SYSTEMS" INTO THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE ORGANIZATION OF THE BODENSEE AREA

Up to now there has been a discrepancy between the transport services offered in low-population areas, and those offered in high-density areas. In order to rectify this situation different models are being tested. Some of these models are based on new technology and others are directed towards improving the situation by means of optimising the organisational processes. The demand-actuated Rufbus system, which has been tested in the Lake Constance area of South-Western Germany since 1977, represents a new way of improving the situation by means of modern technology. Before a final decision on integrating the whole district into the public transport concept can be made, the best mixture of demand-actuated elements and a new type of organisational concept for integrating different types of special services and school bus services into the scheduled service has to be determined. Work on proving the technical functioning of the entire system will begin once the basic concept has been developed. Tests will be carried out over a period of 4 years.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • From 9th status seminar on short distance transportation research; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany, 21 June 1982.
• Authors:
  • Wessel
  • Loehr
• Publication Date: 1982

Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 456-461

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coordination; Paratransit services; Public transit; Rural areas; School buses; Social service agencies
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Old TRIS Terms: Dial-a-bus
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391884
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-820661
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM