Recent public transport patronage trends in Perth - July 2018

Perth’s population has grown substantially in the last 30 years to an estimated 2m people in 2016. The WA Government has invested billions of dollars in public transport infrastructure over the past thirty years in support of this growth. But during the past five years, the upward trend in public transport usage, which had been apparent since the early 1990s, has gone into reverse. This paper investigates some of the factors that have contributed to public transport usage in the Perth context, to try to understand the causes of the recent patronage decline and to put forward some suggestions about what can be done to reverse the recent trend. Some improvement strategies are suggested including introducing more bus-only lanes and queue-jump lanes at busy signalised intersections and signal priority for buses (late buses in particular) at selected intersections with high volumes of buses and public transport passengers.

• Record URL:
  https://www.aitpm.com.au/
• Corporate Authors:

  Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM)

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• Authors:
  • Piotrowski, S
  • WALLIS, I
• Conference:
  • Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM) National Conference, 2018, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Publication Date: 2018-7

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Level of service; Modal shift; Policy; Public transit; Right of way (Traffic); Travel behavior
• Geographic Terms: Perth (Australia)
• ATRI Terms: Bus; Modal shift; Policy; Priority traffic; Public transport; Transport performance; Travel behaviour
• Subject Areas: Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01704354
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: May 2 2019 2:21PM