THE EVALUATION OF THE SHIRLEY HIGHWAY EXPRESS-BUS-ON-FREEWAY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

The primary goal of the project was to demonstrate that express bus-on-freeway operations can improve the quality of bus service and lead to an increase in the people moving capability of peak period transportation facilities for an entire urban corridor. Other project goals were to demonstrate the effectiveness of this technology as a means of reducing auto pollutant emissions and gasoline consumption, improving the mobility of the transportation disadvantaged and the economic condition of the transit operator. An analysis of bus operations is presented which shows that the project effected an improvement in the quality of the Corridor bus service, evidenced by the reduction in travel times by bus, and the increase in both the reliability and the coverage of the bus system.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20006
• Corporate Authors:

  National Bureau of Standards

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  Washington, DC  United States  20234

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • McQueen, J T
  • Levinsohm, D M
  • Waksman, R
  • Miller, G K
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 154 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Bus transportation; Buses; Economic factors; Energy; Energy conservation; Express buses; Freeways; Gasoline; Management; Mobility; Peak hour traffic; Public transit; Scheduling; Traffic engineering; Transportation corridors; Travel demand; Travel time; Urban growth; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Urban corridors
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Energy; Environment; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093910
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., UMTA-DC-06-0110-75-1
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-306
• Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 10 2003 12:00AM