PLANNING URBAN BUS ROUTES.A STUDY FOR COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL

THE REPORT DESCRIBES A STUDY OF BUS ROUTING CARRIED OUT FOR COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL IN WHICH A COMPUTER MODEL (TRANSEPT) WAS DEVELOPED. THE MODEL CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE ALTERNATIVE ROUTE NETWORKS IN RELATION TO (1) THEIR COSTS OF OPERATION AND (2) THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE. THE REPORT DESCRIBES BRIEFLY THE BASIS OF THE MODEL, AND DISCUSSES HOW IT WAS FITTED TO THE LOCAL CONDITIONS IN COVENTRY AND USED TO EVALUATE A RANGE OF ALTERNATIVE BUS ROUTE NETWORKS. A NETWORK IS RECOMMENDED THAT IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE A SAVING IN BUS OPERATING COST OF BETWEEN $30,000 AND $50,000 PER ANNUM, WITHOUT REDUCING SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC. ALTERNATIVELY, THE SAME NETWORK MAY BE USED TO MAKE A FURTHER REDUCTION IN COST, WITH SOME REDUCTION IN SERVICE; OR TO OFFER AN IMPROVED SERVICE AT THE PRESENT COST.

• Corporate Authors:

  Coventry City Council, England

  Solihull County Borough
  Coventry, Warwickshire,   England 
• Authors:
  • DALY, A J
  • Phillips, G W
  • Rogers, K G
  • Smith, P J
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 48 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Buses; City planning; Digital computers; Economic efficiency; Evaluation; Itinerary; Level of service; Networks; Operating costs; Planning; Public transit; Roads; Routes; Simulation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases; Efficiency; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Program
• ITRD Terms: 9009: Decrease; 8673: Digital computer; 5911: Efficiency; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 699: Itinerary; 221: Operating costs; 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 8645: Software; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080872
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. C149 R&D Rpt., M
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 1982 12:00AM