OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF MINIBUS SERVICES

In this report various operational aspects of minibus services are dealt with. There have been reports that in some areas minibus operations have been prone to bunching and general reliability difficulties. This may be caused not so much by vehicle size, but to the difficulties involved in operating close headways, and operating in congested areas. In section two, reliability measurement is considered. In section three, results are presented from some practical studies of minibus service reliability. In section four, the relative cost implications of improving an unreliable full-sized bus service as opposed to converting to minibuses. Finally in section five, an exploration is made of how generalized costs might be utilized to consider operational aspects of minibus conversions. For related work see IRRD 830330, 830331 and 830332.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • TURNER, R P
  • White, P R
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 26 p.
• Serial:
  • TRRL CONTRACTOR REPORT
  • Publisher: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • ISSN: 0266-7045

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bunching; Costs; Headways; Level of service; Minibuses; Operations research; Travel time; Trip length; Urban areas; Waiting time
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 652: Bunching; 224: Cost; 685: Headway; 697: Journey time; 653: Level of service; 1263: Minibus; 9055: Operational research; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 9100: Waiting time
• Subject Areas: Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00606416
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: CR 185
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM