AN APPROACH TO DEVELOPING TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS

The paper presents a planning approach for identifying deficiencies in urban transport and developing remedial improvements. Equity and efficiency criteria are discussed with reference to the provision of public transport. The approach is applied to the Sydney metropolitan area to exemplify the identification of transport disadvantaged areas using market segmentation, and the generation of some low-cost public transport improvements in accordance with consumer preferences. Cost-benefit and financial analysis of the improvements are made to assess their impact on users and operators in the disadvantaged area. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  Commonwealth Bureau of Roads, Australia

  60 Collins Street
  Melbourne, Victoria 3000,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • SMITH, R
  • Hooper, P
  • HENSHER, D
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 128 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Economic efficiency; Equity (Justice); Finance; Public transit; Transportation; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Disadvantaged persons; Efficiency
• Subject Areas: Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156172
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Occasional Paper 2
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 30 1978 12:00AM