RURAL MIDIBUS PROJECT. PHASE 1 MAY-DECEMBER 1976

This report deals with the introduction and initial operating results of a joint project by Eastern Counties Omnibus Company, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire county councils to test more flexible ways of providing rural public transport using a 25-seater 'midibus". Various types of service were provided for several villages lying between Peterborough, Oundle, Huntingdon and St. Ives. The report mentions the publicity given to the scheme and the results of surveys to ascertain the level of use. Changes made to the original services, due to public demand, are recorded. The use or non-use of the services, the value of the project for testing different methods of operation and types of demand and the advantages of using a "midibus" are considered in the conclusions of the report. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Cambridgeshire County Council, England

  Highways and Transportation Department, Shire Hall, Castle Hill
  Cambridge,   England 
• Publication Date: 1977-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Costs; Demand; Interviewing; Marketing; Minibuses; Paratransit services; Public transit; Publicity; Rural areas; Shopping centers; Surveys; Testing; Towns; Transfer points; Transfers; Transportation modes; Travel demand
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications; Use
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Market town
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 1195: Change (transp); 1157: Community transport; 224: Cost; 285: Demand (econ); 1157: Dial a ride; 9147: Interview; 9048: Modification; 8573: Publicity; 328: Rural area; 320: Shopping centre; 8119: United Kingdom; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168122
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1981 12:00AM