URBAN CORRIDOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM; MANHATTAN-CBD-NORTH JERSEY CORRIDOR. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, PROGRAM FOR ACTION

The study reviews and evaluates the express bus transportation from New Jersey to midtown Manhattan with the key element of the corridor - the exclusive bus lane on Interstate 495 - now in its 10 months of successful operation. Travel characteristics in the corridor and bus service are reviewed, trip collection, park and ride, CBD terminal of the corridor, traffic management, objectives and alternate solutions are discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Tri-State Regional Planning Commission

  100 Church Street
  New York, NY  United States  10007
• Authors:
  • HORN, M
• Publication Date: 1971-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 168 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Bus lines; Bus priority; Buses; Central business districts; Expressways; Freeways; Highway planning; Highway traffic control; Park and ride; Parking facilities; Passenger terminals; Public transit; Regional planning; Toll bridges; Toll roads; Toll tunnels; Traffic engineering; Transit traffic; Vehicular tunnels
• Identifier Terms: Interstate 495; Interstate Highway System; Lincoln Tunnel
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey; New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Central city; Controlled access freeways; Freeway transit systems
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047299
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-7559
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Sep 27 1973 12:00AM