THE OPERATION OF URBAN BUS ROUTES - 2. SOURCES OF IRREGULARITY

This is the second in a series of three articles describing factors affecting the operation of urban bus routes. The operation is studied in terms of the times spent by passengers and buses in different stages of their journeys. The first article provided an introduction to the subject area and a framework for assessing route performance. It also described an analysis of factors affecting average bus speeds. This article deals with sources of irregularity in bus route operation and compares the magnitude of the variations of times buses spend in the different stages of their journeys. The effects of the variations on the working of a bus route are assessed and possible reductions are discussed. /Author/TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Chapman, R A
  • GAULT, H E
  • Jenkins, I A
• Publication Date: 1977-7-8

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 364-367
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 7/8
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Buses; Economic efficiency; Evaluation; Evaluation and assessment; Headways; Highway operations; Improvements; Intercity bus lines; Minimization; Performance; Public transit; Research; Studies; Time; Traffic; Traffic speed; Traffic surveys; Transportation; Transportation operations; Travel time; Trip length; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Variables; Vehicle occupants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Efficiency; Minimum
• Old TRIS Terms: Speed studies; Transportation research
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 9009: Decrease; 5911: Efficiency; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 685: Headway; 9108: Improvement; 697: Journey time; 9046: Minimum; 1144: Operations (transp network); 5414: Time; 676: Traffic survey; 313: Urban area; 9086: Variability; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165631
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 14 1981 12:00AM