BUS PRIORITY PLANNING IN ADELAIDE

A review is made of some features which can be used to improve the capacity of the urban road transport system, particularly during peak periods, to carry larger volumes of people, with only small capital investments. The review considers work done in Adelaide on ways of improving bus operations in that city. Features which are expected to reduce the length and variance of bus travel times, such as traffic signal modifications and reserved lanes are described and discussed. /TRRL/

Supplemental Notes:
- Proceeding of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Australian Transport Research Forum--"Getting the Best Use From the Transport Infrastructure" Melbourne, Australia, May 24-25, 1977.
Corporate Authors:
VICTORIA MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT

MELBOURNE,
Authors:
- BRAY, D J
Publication Date: 1977-5

Language

English

Media Info

Features: Figures; References;
Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Bus priority; Bus transit; Buses; Conferences; Economic efficiency; Economic factors; Highway capacity; Improvements; Peak hour traffic; Peak periods; Routes; Traffic lanes; Traffic signal preemption; Traffic signals; Transportation planning; Travel time; Trip length; Urban areas; Urban transportation
Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
Geographic Terms: Australia
Old TRIS Terms: Bus transportation (Intracity); Economic considerations; Reserved routes
ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 1272: Bus; 643: Capacity (road, footway); 8525: Conference; 5911: Efficiency; 697: Journey time; 612: Peak hour; 648: Priority (traffic); 2827: Traffic lane; 565: Traffic signal; 313: Urban area
Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00165568
Record Type: Publication
Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
Created Date: Jun 14 1981 12:00AM