SERVICE LEVELS FOR REGIONAL AND COUNTRY BUS SERVICES

HET VOORZIENINGSNIVEAU VAN STREEKBUSLIJNEN

The study has two aspects: 1. Judgment of frequencies offered, planned or potentially viable for regular public bus services other than local town routes; 2. Prediction of effects any alterations on frequency of service, scheduled trip time, and routing, will have on passenger volumes and prognosis of passenger volumes for new routes. Frequencies will be judged against either actually measured or potentially expected passenger volumes. Aim is a normative system in which the passenger volume is the decisive factor for the frequency to be offered on the route under consideration. For prognosis of passenger volumes on projected routes, a methodology is being developed which leads to a formula which is in between a polar formula and the gravity model. Consequently information required can be produced quickly and at low cost. Moreover the procedure remains a clear one. Obviously such a prognosis methodology is essential for a proper judgment concerning the effect that any reduction or improvement of frequency will have on passenger volume. (a) /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

  P.O. Box 45
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • De Kluijver, A
  • Van Ommeren, JAG
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 315-336

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Buses; Conferences; Forecasting; Intercity transportation; Level of service; Mathematical models; Public transit; Ridership; Routing; Rural areas; Scheduling; Timetables; Travel time; Trip length; Vehicle occupants
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00152728
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1981 12:00AM