WEDDING THE NEW TO THE TRADITIONAL IN BUS TRANSIT: DOOR-TO-DOOR AND FIXED-ROUTE SYSTEMS COMBINED IN CALIFORNIA

Details are given of the integrated transit system adopted by Santa Clara County, USA which had to provide a service to 1.07 million people spread of 1300 square miles by means of 200 buses. It was decided to use 110 of the buses for a fixed route service operating on major arterial roads only, and linking all important centres of activity, and to use the other 90 buses to provide a door-to-door service which would supplement the fixed route service; a control system was then selected which would integrate the entire bus fleet. Details are given of the computer assisted scheduling system adopted for the control of the door-to-door service. It is estimated that the combined system reaches 97 per cent of the population. Public response to the service has been very favourable. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Pott, J T
  • Helsing, R G
• Publication Date: 1975-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 182-184
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boarding; Bus stops; Bus transportation; Buses; Demand responsive transportation; Design; Digital computers; Door to door service; Fixed routes; Personal rapid transit; Policy; Public transit; Scheduling; Telephone; Timetables; Travel time
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 1020: Container (freight); 9011: Design (overall design); 8673: Digital computer; 1159: Door to door (transp); 1094: Passenger station; 173: Policy; 390: Telephone; 1186: Timetable; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00130533
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1981 12:00AM