PROVISION OF BUS LOADING FACILITIES ON URBAN FREEWAYS

EXPRESS BUS SERVICE ON URBAN FREEWAYS GENERALLY CAN FILL THE PRESENT NEED FOR TRANSIT SERVICE BETWEEN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND OUTLYING LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE ROUTING ALONG CITY STREETS IS UNDESIRABLY SLOW AND WHERE A RAPID TRANSIT LINE ON AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT-OF-WAY CANNOT BE SUSTAINED BY PASSENGER DEMAND. WHERE SUCH BUS SERVICE IS TO BE OPERATED, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT LOADING FACILITIES ADJACENT TO OR WITHIN THE FREEWAY RIGHT- OF-WAY. THE PAPER SUGGESTS CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH SUCH FACILITIES MIGHT BE NECESSARY, AND POINTS OUT SOME PRIMARY DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS. PREVAILING ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES IN MANY STATES REGARDING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROVIDING BUS LOADING FACILITIES ARE SUMMARIZED FROM RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. THE CALIFORNIA PROBLEMS, RESULTING IN THE ONLY LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO CONSIDER CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH FACILITIES, ARE DISCUSSED. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/38/38-028.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 38, pp 530-546, 6 FIG, 3 TAB, 4 REF, 1 APP. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Homburger, W S
  • Kennedy, N
• Publication Date: 1959

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 5-9, 1959
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 38
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Bus stops; Bus transportation; Commuters; Express buses; Legal factors; Urban highways
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226021
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 27 1971 12:00AM