TRAVEL INFORMATION RESEARCH AT TRRL

The aim of the research was 1) to find the effect on patronage of information leaflets about a group of rural bus services and 2) to conduct a general theoretical exercise to assess whether or not a national integrated travel information system would yield financial and material benefits to users, operators, and the community. The effects of information on journey patterns (user benefits), on patronage/revenue (operator benefit), comprehension (maximising user and operator benefits) were studied in the Bretton experiment carried out in a rural part of South and West Yorkshire, and in a project based on the study of an annual publication by the Dutch railways of a guide entitled Busboekje. In a pilot study a town-to-town guide has been compiled with the help of a computer for the County of Wiltshire. Conclusions are drawn from the results from these projects. For the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 284353. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Preprints: 11th Annual Seminar on Public Transport Operations Research, University of Leeds, 4-6 July 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Leeds

  School of Geography, Woodhouse Lane
  Leeds, West Yorkshire  England  LS2 9JT
• Authors:
  • Tebb, RGP
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 7 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Buses; Conferences; Coordination; Income; Information management; Information processing; Information, data, and knowledge; Itinerary; Passenger information systems; Passengers; Public transit; Publicity; Rural areas; Timetables; Travel
• Identifier Terms: Nederlandse Spoorwegen
• Uncontrolled Terms: Integrated transportation systems; Use
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands; United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 8525: Conference; 256: Income; 8555: Information documentation; 699: Itinerary; 698: Journey; 8078: Netherlands; 744: Public transport; 8573: Publicity; 328: Rural area; 1186: Timetable; 8119: United Kingdom; 9084: Use; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00452575
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:22PM