BUS PRIORITY SCHEMES

THIS PAPER OUTLINES THE RECOMMENDATIONS PUT FORWARD BY THE WORKING GROUP ON BUS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMPRISE ELEVEN PROJECTS WHICH CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THREE CATEGORIES: (1) TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEMES WITH BUS PRIORITY; (2) OPERATIONAL CONTROL BY MEANS OF RADIO-TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT, TELEVISION, ELECTRONIC SCANNING INDICATOR, AND MARCONI SYSTEM; AND (3) DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUS SERVICE, FASTAWAY TYPE OF PEAK HOUR SERVICE, THE "BLUE ARROW" SERVICES, PRE-BOOKED SERVICES DURING PEAK HOURS, SMALL BUSES CIRCULATING THOUGH THE CENTRAL AREA PENETRATING AT LOW SPEED INTO PEDESTRIAN PRECINCTS, FLAT FARE MINI-BUSES ON ONE ROUTE LINKING RAILWAY STATION AND BUS STATION, AND BUS FEEDER SERVICE TO AN EXISTING TRAIN SERVICE. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of The Environment /UK

  Seminar On Urban Traffic Control 21-22
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Flexman, A
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Communication systems; Peak periods; Radio; Strategic planning; Television; Traffic control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226925
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 2002 12:00AM