GUIDED TRANSIT EXPRESSWAY FOR OXFORD
The Guided Transit Express (GTE) for the city of Oxford, England, is described in the context of Network 2000, a wider concept for the future integrated transport network for Oxford. The GTE is a proposed guided bus system which would, in many ways, combine bus and tram technology. It would provide fast, safe journeys on fixed tracks between the city centre and its outskirts, and its buses would then use normal roads beyond the city. Its purposes would be to: (1) transform park-and-ride, by providing very fast journeys between the two existing park-and-ride sites and the city centre, and by upgrading the park-and-ride sites to genuine interchanges with a range of quality facilities and services; (2) provide GTE services to the neighbouring towns of Abingdon, Bicester and Witney; and (3) serve each of the two main heavy bus corridors on the east side of Oxford. It is anticipated that the GTE will use European-style multi-door articulated vehicles with easy access, off-bus ticketing, and low pollution (possibly zero pollution in the city centre). Network 2000 would comprise: (1) the GTE; (2) upgraded park-and-ride services and sites; (3) improved local bus services; and (4) an integrated ticket system. For the covering abstract see IRRD 874487.
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Authors:
- MOFFAT, K
- Publication Date: 1995
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 101-5
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Serial:
- THE BUS IN A NEW ERA. TURNING THE TIDE. CONFERENCE PAPERS, LEEDS, MARCH 1995
- Publisher: TAS PUBLICATIONS AND EVENTS LTD
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Air pollution; Buses; Conferences; Intermodal terminals; Park and ride; Public transit; Quality control; Safety; Speed; Transfer points; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Guidance; Quality
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 2452: Air pollution; 1272: Bus; 8525: Conference; 9009: Decrease; 9104: Guidance; 958: Park and ride; 744: Public transport; 9063: Quality; 1665: Safety; 5408: Speed; 1185: Transport interchange (passengers); 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Finance; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00714458
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Dec 27 1995 12:00AM