INTERCITY BUS LINKS: MOVING INTO NEW TERRITORY

This article looks at intercity bus transportation's ability to provide small communities and rural areas with affordable travel and access to the goods and services of metropolitan areas. It also describes the intermodal role of intercity bus service. Integral to the nation's surface transportation network, rural intercity bus services have been developing mostly at the state level with federal rural assistance funding. A range of strategies has been employed to initiate, preserve, and enhance effective rural intercity bus links with other carriers, Amtrak and regional rail, rural feeder lines, local urban transit, and major airports.

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  • Fravel, F D
• Publication Date: 2003-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 24-29
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 225
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Federal assistance programs; Intercity bus lines; Intermodal services; Rural areas
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00941449
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 28 2003 12:00AM