METROPOLITAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT EXPERIMENT

In the metropolitan area of Espoo, Helsinki, Kaunianen and Vantaa, a public transport experiment was conducted in 1974 at the initiation of the parliamentary transportation committee under the direction of the ministry of communications. The experiment reported was one of four conducted in different regions of Finland, and includes the following types of investigation: lane and road arrangements for public transport; priorities at intersections; traffic signals timed for public transport; re-routing of bus services in low density areas; feeder bus experiments at railway areas; ring route bus experiment; and park and ride areas. /TRRL/

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  Helsinki Metropolitan Area Co-operative Council

  SahkttraianKatu 1
  00520 Helsinki 52,   Finland 
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 65 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Helsinki Metropolitan Area Co-operative Council
  • Publisher: Helsinki Metropolitan Area Co-operative Council
  • ISSN: 951798-035-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus priority; Buses; Feeder buses; Intersections; Itinerary; Metropolitan areas; Park and ride; Planning; Public transit; Strategic planning; Traffic flow; Traffic signal preemption; Traffic signal timing; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• ITRD Terms: 8035: Finland; 699: Itinerary; 455: Junction; 958: Park and ride; 143: Planning; 648: Priority (traffic); 744: Public transport; 671: Traffic flow; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148005
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report No. C20 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1981 12:00AM