CENTRAL-AREA BUS TERMINALS: PLANNING AND DESIGN GUIDELINES (ABRIDGMENT)

Bus terminal planning and design must reflect the particular needs of each specific situation. The terminal must be located in conjunction with rail rapid transit lines, busways, and contraflow bus lanes and are useful mainly where the urban area population exceeds 750,000 and the downtown employment exceeds 50,000. Freeway access by free-flowing grade-separated ramps and bus roadways is essential for a major terminal. Comments are made on the relationship of terminals to bus volume concentrations, cost, revenue, demand and economic feasibility. The scale of development and basic functions. Internal terminal design should separate vehicle and passenger movements, carefully reflecting their specialized circulation and geometric requirements. Intercity and commuter services should have separate platforms to reflect their differing service patterns and berth occupancy requirements. Berth space requirements should reflect both scheduled and actual peak-period bus arrivals and departures. General design features are listed.

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• Authors:
  • Hoey, William F
  • Levinson, Herbert S
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 27-31
• Monograph Title: Transit facility operations
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 614
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Bus transportation; Commuter service; Design; Economics; Intermodal terminals; Location; Passenger service; Planning; Population; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Economics; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159600
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309025907
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 28 1981 12:00AM