BUS PLANNING METHODS. 2. DATA COLLECTION

In the second of three articles dealing with methods for planning bus services, the main topics are: options available for collecting data; the costs of alternative options; and frequencies with which data should be collected to review the performance of each aspect of bus operations. The salient features of survey methods are described and a combination of surveys suitable for most bus operations suggested. Comparison of survey costs shows that origin-destination surveys cost over twice as much as stage-to-stage surveys. For monitoring financial performance and checking bus loadings, it is shown that biennial stage-to-stage surveys of every service would in most cases be appropriate. (Author/TRRL)

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  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Skinner, R J
• Publication Date: 1980-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 476-481
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Buses; Costs; Data collection; Interviewing; Methodology; Origin and destination; Performance; Planning; Traffic surveys; Transportation operations; Transportation planning
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 224: Cost; 8623: Data acquisition; 9147: Interview; 9102: Method; 1144: Operations (transp network); 687: Origin destination traffic; 143: Planning; 676: Traffic survey
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00329595
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1982 12:00AM