MEASUREMENT OF WAITING TIMES IN ASSESSMENTS OF OPERATIONAL CHANGES IN BUS SERVICES

This report is intended to indicate some of the difficulties which are likely to be encountered in survey studies of urban bus services, when the objective is to measure the changes in passenger waiting times which are brought about by an operational change. Methods of determining waiting times that have been used in previous work, and their limitations, are described. The day to day variability of bus operations, which acts as a source of 'random errors' in such work, is illustrated by measurements from surveys carried out by TRRL and London transport. (A)

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • COE, G A
  • Jackson, R L
• Publication Date: 1977-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 26 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Buses; Errors; Measurement; Surveys; Transportation operations; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Waiting time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164254
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TRRL 298 Monograph
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1981 12:00AM