THE BRADFORD BUS STUDY 2. THE RESULTS: ROLE OF BUSES, REROUTING AND COSTING

Buses play an important role in Bradford, and on a typical weekday some 300000 passenger journeys are made in the greater Bradford area. The average passenger travels about 3 km and is aboard a bus for about nine minutes. The object of the study is to examine public transport services in the Bradford area and to consider how the bus services might be improved to provide reliable and attractive services more directly related to travel needs, with particular regard to the distribution of passengers in and adjacent to the central area. In discussing the results of this study the author places emphasis on the three main functions of the bus system - commercial, social and civic, and discusses the influence that the opening (early 1977) of the new Bradford transport interchange will have on rerouting. This interchange, located on the south side of the city centre, is described. It comprises a railway station, a bus station with six platforms and some 70 stands, and a bus depot. The costing of bus operations is reviewed against the background of the movement from a break-even position in the early 1970's to a found1.7 M deficit in 1974-75. The three main components of operating costs are described as crew costs, direct costs (fuel, oil, tyres etc.) and other costs such as management, vehicle maintenance, inspectors, etc. Each of these components is discussed in detail, and recommendations made concerning operational routines which it is suggested could facilitate updating and development of basic cost and revenue models. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • PARKER, G B
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 22-25
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Buses; Economic factors; Economics; Interchanges; Itinerary; Operating costs; Public transit; Railroad stations; Railroads; Routing; Transportation; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications; Use
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Railway
• ITRD Terms: 263: Economics of transport; 433: Interchange; 699: Itinerary; 9048: Modification; 221: Operating costs; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156451
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1981 12:00AM