THE STOP-TIMES OF ONE-MAN BUSES IN COPENHAGEN, THE HAGUE, AMSTERDAM, AND ROTTERDAM

A detailed study of the stop-times of buses in Copenhagen and The Hague is described; buses in Amsterdam and Rotterdam are considered more briefly. Boarding times per passenger of 1.85 seconds are recorded for both Copenhagen and The Hague; a similar figure is predicted for Amsterdam, but a time of between 2 and 2.5 seconds is estimated for Rotterdam. These performances, which are quicker then those of UK one-man buses, but not as quick as those of two-man buses, are dependent upon the use of flat fare structures, and upon a high level of prepayment. Such arrangements would have serious financial implications for operators in the UK; all four of the cities studied receive substantial operating subsidies. Due to relatively large dead times, the average stop-times of the buses are not particularly low: for a typical pattern of usage the peak-hour stop-times range from 10.6 to about 12 seconds, compared with the lowest UK one-man result of 10.5 seconds. The Copenhagen, The Hague, and Amsterdam systems, however, could achieve results of between 9 and 10 seconds on buses with low dead times. An extra single-stream exit at the rear of the buses in The Hague apparently has little overall effect on the stop-times of these vehicles. /Author/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory

  Environment Division, Old Wokingham Road
  Crowthorne RG11 6AU, Berkshire,   England 
• Authors:
  • WATTS, P F
• Publication Date: 1974

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 24 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boarding; Buses; Fares; Operating costs; Peak periods; Personnel; Stopped time delays; Tariffs; Time; Urban areas; Waiting time
• Uncontrolled Terms: One
• Geographic Terms: Denmark; Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 8028: Denmark; 8078: Netherlands; 9054: One; 221: Operating costs; 612: Peak hour; 102: Personnel; 241: Tariff; 313: Urban area; 9100: Waiting time
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096184
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: TRRL SR 94 UC
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 24 1975 12:00AM