CARPOOLING AND TRANSIT LANES: A CASE STUDY

The thesis was submitted for degree of Master of Engineering Science, Monash University. This thesis is based upon the responses to a questionnaire survey of the Spit Road (Sydney) transit lane and other routes leading away from the Warringah Peninsula. The survey has allowed a comprehensive analysis of mode and route switch attributable to the transit lane, an analysis of perception of and attitudes to the transit lane and a general investigation of some of the characteristics of carpools and carpoolers. It was found that the number of carpoolers travelling from the Warringah Peninsula has increased approximately 23.4 per cent since the introduction of the transit lane. All other modes experienced some loss of patronage, although, if commuters are given the same incentive to use public transport as to use carpools, the Spit Road experiment has shown that priority lanes are an effective way of promoting carpooling at the expense of car travel. As would be expected, mode changing to carpools and buses was greatest at the margins of mode choice. It would appear that commuters have perceived travel time improvements roughly commensurate with the improvements measured along the transit lane. In addition, it appears that commuters have reacted to these time savings by adjusting the time they leave for work. The carpooling rate appears to correlate more strongly with postcode trip attraction density than postcode trip production density. However, an increase in either appears to increase carpooling rate. On the other hand, carpooling rate (especially to the CBD) was found to fall with increasing travel time.

• Corporate Authors:

  Monash University

  Wellington Road
  Clayton, Victoria  Australia  3800
• Authors:
  • McKenzie, H P
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 224 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Bus priority; Car pooling (Railroads); Carpools; Commuters; Data collection; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Interviewing; Itinerary; Modal shift; Origin and destination; Theses; Traffic lanes; Traffic signal preemption; Transportation modes; Travel time; Trip length
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 1119: Car pooling; 8623: Data acquisition; 9147: Interview; 699: Itinerary; 697: Journey time; 687: Origin destination traffic; 648: Priority (traffic); 8597: Thesis; 2827: Traffic lane; 1145: Transport mode
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00361871
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1982 12:00AM