URBAN EXPRESS BUS AND RAILROAD PERFORMANCE
The relative performance of traditional local transport modes with a proposed investment in a commuter railroad or in express bus operations was appraised by a computer simulation which determined travel time, waiting time, walking time and monetary costs involved for each mode for complete trips from a suburban area to the central business district four miles away. In this rather narrow situation the commuter railroad is completely dominated in cost and time performance by express bus systems. If the distance between the suburban and downtown areas were increased, relative performance by buses would decline. The author suggests the express bus must be considered as a rail alternative and in any commuter system an integrated downtown distribution with several stops can greatly enhance system performance.
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Corporate Authors:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton Street, Aldwych
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Authors:
- Dewees, D N
- Publication Date: 1976-1
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 16-25
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Serial:
- Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
- Publisher: University of Bath
- ISSN: 0022-5258
- Serial URL: http://www.jtep.com
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus transit; Central business districts; Commuter service; Competition; Costs; Express buses; Mode choice; Passengers; Railroad commuter service; Simulation; Suburbs; Transportation modes; Travel demand; Travel time; Urban transportation; Waiting time; Walking
- Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Modal selection
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00130987
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 14 1982 12:00AM