PLANNING AND ROAD DESIGN FOR BUS SERVICES. PARTS 1, 2 AND 3

This paper which appeared in 3 parts in consecutive issues of the journal comprises the following chapters: principles of design (county policy, design principles, application of the principles, recommendations); strategic design (development of the network, physical characteristics of routes, development of routes, integration of public transport and development, basic layout principles, pedestrian routes and bus stop siting, guidance for developers); bus rapid transit (the system, geometric design of exclusive busways, operation, non-exclusive busways, implementation); bus priority measures (importance, effects on other traffic, assessment of priority schemes, with-flow bus lanes, contra-flow bus lanes, bus links, transponders, miscellaneous measures); providing for buses in highway design (importance of bus provision, design considerations, effects of road schemes on bus services, highway design standards); buses in pedestrian streets (pedestrianisation, passenger accessibility, efficiency of operation, environmental problems, design and operation of bus streets, examination of schemes); assessment of schemes (return on investment, assessment of benefit to buses, assessment of benefit to passengers, and effect on other traffic). /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Municipal Engineers

  25 Eccleston Square
  London SW1 V1NX,   England 
• Authors:
  • Ball, R R
  • Brooks, R J
• Publication Date: 1976-7-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 9 p.
• Serial:
  • Institution of Municipal Engineers, Journal of
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: 7/8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Bus priority; Bus rapid transit; Bus stops; Bus transportation; Buses; Contraflow lanes; Design; Evaluation and assessment; Governments; Highway design; Itinerary; Layout; Networks; Pedestrian areas; Pedestrian malls; Pedestrians; Planning; Policy; Public service; Rapid transit; Roads; Service agencies; State of the art reports; Traffic flow; Traffic signal preemption; Transportation operations; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks; Transportation networks
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 1272: Bus; 9011: Design (overall design); 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 699: Itinerary; 2885: Layout; 1144: Operations (transp network); 1733: Pedestrian; 341: Pedestrian precinct; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 648: Priority (traffic); 1181: Rapid transit system; 391: Services (public); 8588: State of the art report; 671: Traffic flow; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149069
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1982 12:00AM