School buses in rural South Australia - problems and opportunities

Some school buses stand idle during the day, in rural locations where transport pressures are high due to long travel distances and increasing fuel costs. What are the politics that restrain the use of these buses in small towns and surrounding localities, and how can these restraints be liberated? this paper poses the transport problems facing isolated populations, when demand thresholds for conventional mass transit are too low (a).

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• Authors:
  • Nairn, Tan zing hai (Rj
  • Ltd), Partners Pty
• Conference:
  • Paratransit: Changing Perceptions of Public Transport, Workshop, 1979, Mount Gambier, South Australia
• Publication Date: 1980

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 197-202

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Rural areas; School buses
• Geographic Terms: Australia; South Australia
• ATRI Terms: Bus; Rural area; School bus
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01438644
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 642047081
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 24 2012 9:40PM