THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL TRANSPORT INTERCHANGES

The article describes the use of interchange demonstration schemes on Merseyside to plan interchange development in West Yorkshire. Results, from the initial experiments in Merseyside which ended in 1973, show that improved feeder bus services to suburban stations attracted over 600 additional daily bus/rail journeys in each direction. Improved or free station car parks are also shown to be successful in attracting more passengers. Questionnaire studies revelaed that passengers regarded reliability as the most important factor. The studies confirmed that the concept of local interchange facilities is only practical from distances between about 4 and 10 miles from the city centre. The two studies show how interchange development differs according to the functions and characteristics of the local rail services. The author suggests that savings in overall operating costs could only be achieved in conurbations by restructuring the public transport system around the interchange concept. The advantages of rail systems outside conurbations must be extended to those beyond walking distance of their local station to give maximum utilization of their services. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Robertson, D M
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 242-248
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Feeder buses; Interchanges; Operating costs; Parking lots; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Reliability; Suburbs
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 224: Cost; 621: Journey to work; 277: Marketing; 958: Park and ride; 955: Parking; 304: Suburbs; 1074: Terminus; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147488
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1981 12:00AM