A SURVEY OF FERRY PASSENGERS

The Paper reports on a particular survey carried out on the passenger ferry services of the Brisbane River, Australia. Further details of the work are given in another paper by Pretty and Grigg referenced below. The project team was required, among other things, to find out the origins and destinations of passengers and their access and egress modes. There are 11 regular services for passengers (two carry motor vehicles as well) plying the Brisbane River for up to 18 hours a day, six or seven days a week. In a typical week in 1975 there were nearly 40,000 passengers, so the task of carrying out a comprehensive survey was a formidable one. A technique is described for obtaining nearly a 100 per cent return rate for a day's operations on a public transport service.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Pretty, R.L. and T.J. Grigg. "Passenger Transport on the Brisbane River." Institution of Engineers of Australia, Queensland Div. Tech. Papers, 19 (26) November 1978, pp 21-27.
• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Pretty, R L
• Publication Date: 1979-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 484-485
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ferries; Origin and destination; Passenger transportation; Surveys
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Old TRIS Terms: Survey reports
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00310876
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 7 1981 12:00AM