FEEDER BUS SERVICE FOR COMMUTER RAIL

A demand model for feeder bus ridership is developed (input variables: location of rail users, income of users, transit fare, level of transit service and walk time to bus route), and a cost-effectiveness framework is used to compare alternative systems. The main measure of effectiveness was the number of commuter rail users who would use the feeder bus service, and the cost was taken as the long run marginal cost, or the total average cost. Application of the methodology to a study area which included three commuter rail stations showed that all feeder bus systems would operate at a loss. Bus routes with loops in residential areas and direct service to the stations had the best ridership.

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• Authors:
  • Shortreed, J H
  • Ireland, J A
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 530-539
• Serial:
  • Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: National Research Council of Canada
  • ISSN: 0315-1468
  • Serial URL: http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/loi/cjce

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Commuters; Cost effectiveness; Fares; Feeder buses; Income; Level of service; Location; Loops (Control systems); Mathematical models; Railroad transportation; Residential areas; Ridership; Travel demand
• Old TRIS Terms: Loop; Substitutes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128744
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1982 12:00AM