PREPARING DUTY ROSTERS FOR BUS ROUTES BY COMPUTER

L'HABILLAGE PAR ORDINATEUR DES HORAIRES DES LIGNES D'AUTOBUS

The authors recall that the rational running of a bus route requires a series of closely linked operations. If it is assumed that the route is known in detail, the first step is to set up an efficient system for the collection of data to learn about demand and traffic conditions at various times of the day and at various points along the route. It is then necessary to anticipate (1 to 3 months before use) the operating schedule for the route. This being an allocation of resources in equipment and staff according to the tasks, it is composed of: first of all the graphic timetable or vehicle schedule for the buses; having established the frequency of the service to satisfy demand, one must set out, for each bus, the time of departure from the depot, the time of arrival at the terminus and the return to the depot; secondly the duty roster must be compiled, that is the shifts or duties complying with the statutory working conditions. It is during the following stage, with the establishment of staff schedules, that staff are allocated by name to the various shifts previously defined, after inserting the work days and rest days over a given period. Details are given of the studies carried out so that the user may avail himself of tools which enable him to improve the services offered and ensure better adaptation of the means available to the work to be done. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

  Rue Sainte Marie 6
  Brussels,   Belgium  BE-1080
• Authors:
  • Heurgon, E
  • Hervillard, R
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 27-42
• Serial:
  • UITP REVUE
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Buses; Data collection; Demand; Digital computers; Hours of labor; Information processing; Personnel; Public transit; Routes; Scheduling; Timetables; Transportation operations
• Geographic Terms: France
• Old TRIS Terms: Duties
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149733
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Safety Study and Research Fund, Belgium
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1981 12:00AM