THE USE OF A DIRECT BUS WITH HIGH FREQUENCY, CONNECTING WITH TRAINS, BY CHOICE-TRAVELLERS IN THE REGIONAL JOURNEY TO WORK

HET GEBRUIK VAN EEN HOOG FREQUENTE DIRECTE BUS, ALS AANSLUITING OP DE TREIN, IN HET INTERLOCALE WOON-WERKVERKEER DOOR KEUZEREIZIGERS

For the home to work trip the choice-traveller mostly chooses the train (70 -95%) when his work is within a short walking distance from a railway station (and when the train is a realistic alternative). Good local public transport expands the area of train preference significantly: up to 2 km from the central station the Rotterdam metro does not show a loss of choice-passengers. Bus 36 in The Hague (every 5 min in the peak) also has a train-stimulating function, although it appears to be significantly less attractive than a metro: average walking distances are 1 km longer, the bus has no role within 1500 m from the station, the percentage of train-choosers at that point is 80% of that near the station, at 2 km 75% and at 3 km 50%. For the covering abstract of the conference see TRIS 453956. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

  P.O. Box 45
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Blom, J A
  • Bookelman, AFM
• Publication Date: 1985

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 53-68
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Colloquium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk
  • Publisher: Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Choice models; Conferences; High frequency; Intercity transportation; Motivation; Railroad trains; Railroad transportation; Trip length; Walking; Work trips; Workplaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection; Stimulation
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 388: Inter urban; 621: Journey to work; 8078: Netherlands; 9072: Selection; 2218: Stimulation; 1268: Train; 758: Walking; 300: Workplace
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453959
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 1, 1984
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM