BUS NETWORKS AND BUILDING AREAS IN MIDDLE-SIZED TOWNS. PARTS 1-3

BUSSLINJENAET OCH BEBYGGELSE I MEDELSTORA STAEDER. DEL 1-3

The aim of this project was to improve the basis of knowledge for bus network and building area planning concerning priority between travel-flows, adjustment of public transport planning to physical planning and adjustment between walking distance and bus frequency. In the network evaluation journey time and time value were considered. The priority between travel flows was studied by comparison of radial networks with tangential networks. The lowest average journey time value was obtained for networks with small tangential line deviations. It is essential for network selection to consider distribution effects between areas and between groups of individuals. Important improvements of travel standards can be obtained by the planning of continuous building areas and central line routeing, co-ordinated location of links and nodes in public transport systems within important destination areas, co-ordination of residential and other building areas with work/service areas. No evident results were obtained from the studies of adjustment between walking distance and bus frequency. This was because of a lack of empirical knowledge of waiting time related to tour interval and of the way in which waiting time and walking time are valued by different groups. The analysis of time value was carried out to compare real time with experienced time value. Both methods of analysis gave analogue results. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish Council for Building Research

  St Goergansgatan 66, Box 27063
  S-11230 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • LUNDBERG, S
• Publication Date: 1977

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 326 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Swedish Council for Building Research
  • Publisher: Swedish Council for Building Research
  • ISSN: 91540-2608-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Buses; City planning; Employment; Itinerary; Length; Networks; Residential areas; Routing; Scheduling; Social values; Time; Timetables; Transportation planning; Travel; Travel time; Trip length; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Vehicle occupants; Waiting time; Walking; Walking distance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation networks
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus transportation (Intracity); Community values
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 699: Itinerary; 698: Journey; 697: Journey time; 6488: Length; 5414: Time; 1186: Timetable; 354: Town planning; 313: Urban area; 1715: Vehicle occupant; 9100: Waiting time; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173299
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: T15: 1977 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 3 1981 12:00AM