THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CAR POOLS IN URBAN AREAS

A car pool is a means of transport whereby a number of commuters travel in a single vehicle, a taxi, instead of each commuter using his own vehicle. The effect of car pools on vehicle distance travelled in the entire city is calculated for several different models. These models take into account the distribution of people's homes and workplaces, the routeing system in the city, and the rules used to decide who will share the taxi. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Transportation and Traffic Theory. Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, August 26-28, 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier

  Radarweg 29
  Amsterdam,   Netherlands  1043 NX
• Authors:
  • Cousins, E
  • Buckley, D
• Publication Date: 1974

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 541-560
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company
  • Publisher: Elsevier

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car pooling (Railroads); Carpools; Commuting; Conferences; Itinerary; Jobs; Location; Mathematical models; Measures of effectiveness; Taxicabs; Travel time; Trip length; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Models
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 699: Itinerary; 697: Journey time; 621: Journey to work; 9061: Location; 6473: Mathematical model; 2271: Occupation; 1148: Taxi; 1034: Transnational network; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152922
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 17 1981 12:00AM