THE TIMED TRANSFER FOCAL POINT: A REFINEMENT IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE DESIGN
This paper describes the network design technique called the "timed transfer focal point" approach. This design method is employed to provide region-wide travel in low density suburban areas which have insufficient demand levels to support an untimed grid of routes. Some recent research into factors influencing consumers' decisions to use a transit service have identified the ability to make trips to a wide variety of destinations within the metropolitan area as a prime consideration. Transit planners can implement three kinds of service feature that cater to this desire: (a) a "crosstown" route; (b) the use of a grid layout of transit routes rather than a radial network; and (c) more recently the "timed transfer focal point" approach, which has been used in three Canadian cities with success. There are two essential elements in a "timed transfer focal point" network: (a) the layout of transit lines such that they focus on community centres or some other geographically significant point; and (b) the arrangement of timed intervals on a route such that buses, streetcars, or other transport arriving at any given focal point do so at the same time, facilitating transfer movements. A transit system laid out in this fashion enables the person to travel in a reasonably direct manner from and to any place in the metropolitan area. /TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Bureau of Transit Services
Department of Municipal Affairs
Vancouver, BC Canada -
Authors:
- Sullivan, B E
- Publication Date: 1976-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: 22 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Itinerary; Level of service; Metropolitan areas; Public transit; Suburbs; Timetables; Traffic delays; Transfers; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Waiting time
- Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
- ITRD Terms: 9009: Decrease; 9010: Delay; 653: Level of service; 744: Public transport; 304: Suburbs; 1186: Timetable; 313: Urban area; 9100: Waiting time
- Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00174165
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 28 1981 12:00AM