CATCHING UP WITH THE BUS. A REVIEW OF PASSENGER INFORMATION- AND HOW TO IMPROVE IT

This report covers a survey of the information available to customers about bus services, and contains some recommendations to bus operators, county councils and government for improving information to the public. These recommendations relate to the production of route maps, fares leaflets, clear and easy to understand timetables, bus stop display cases, local radio news items, etc. A list of the areas and bus companies studied in the survey is appended. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  National Consumer Council

  18 Queen Anne's Gate
  London,   England 
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 55 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Bus stops; Bus transit; Buses; Data collection; Itinerary; Maps; Passenger information systems; Publicity; Surveys; Tariffs; Timetables
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 1272: Bus; 699: Itinerary; 8573: Publicity; 241: Tariff; 1186: Timetable
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450390
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0 905653 89 0
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM