PASSENGER HANDLING PERFORMANCE OF ONE-MAN BUSES

The development of one-man-operation of buses, and the present "state of the art", are briefly reviewed in non-technical terms. One-man-operation is now well established in the UK, and is providing useful benefits to operators, though slow systems may not provide a net benefit for the community as a whole, due to longer journey times. For a typical pattern of passenger demand, present UK one-man buses have average stop-times ranging from 10 to 20 seconds, compared with times of as low as 7 seconds for two-man buses. There is some room for further development, but, in the foreseeable future, the average stop-times of UK one-man buses are unlikely to fall far below the present best results of about 10 seconds. The key to successful one-man-operation lies in minimising stop-time delays: in certain very busy situations two-man-operation may remain the optimum arrangement, but, in most circumstances, it is possible that the use of faster arrangements should enable one-man-operation to be beneficial to both the operator and the community as a whole. /Author/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • WATTS, P F
• Publication Date: 1974

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Buses; Economic efficiency; Operators (Persons); Personnel; State of the art reports; Stopped time delays; Travel time; Trip length; Vehicle occupants; Waiting time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency; One; Operator
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 5911: Efficiency; 697: Journey time; 9054: One; 102: Personnel; 8588: State of the art report; 8119: United Kingdom; 1715: Vehicle occupant; 9100: Waiting time
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00097016
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 114 UC Suppl Rpt.
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM