THE BUS TRANSIT SYSTEM: ITS UNDERUTILIZED POTENTIAL

The bus system represents the most widely used transit mode. Upgraded bus services, primarily those which have partially or fully separated rights-of-way, represent a very cost-effective method to improve the balance between automobile and transit. Many measures for improving bus services have been introduced since 1970. However, many of these improvements were not maintained: buses were gradually returned to operations in mixed traffic. This report examines the quality of bus services in various cities in North America and worldwide and analyzes the reasons for the phenomenon of "backsliding" or disappearance of bus transit priority measures.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3634
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

  Department of Systems Engineering
  Towne Building
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19104-6315

  University of Delaware, Newark

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, DuPont Hall
  Newark, DE  United States  19716

  Federal Transit Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Vuchic, V
  • Bruun, E C
  • Krstanoski, Nikola
  • Shin, Y E
  • Kikuchi, S
  • Chakrobotry, P
  • Perincherry, V
• Publication Date: 1994-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 76 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Improvements; Level of service; Modernization; Public transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Right of way
• Old TRIS Terms: Priority treatment
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00664645
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FTA-DE-08-7001-94-1
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 29 1994 12:00AM