Transit: Marketing; Bus and Paratransit
This collection of 15 papers is concerned with transit marketing and various aspects of bus and paratransit operations. Specific topics discussed are as follows: a farecard passenger flow model; mode shift from transit to single-occupancy vehicles on a high-occupancy toll lane; an integrated passenger information system; an automated bus origin-destination matrix; bus-only shoulders; intermittent and dynamic transit lanes; in-vehicle interface designs for bus collision warning systems; microscopic simulation for analysis of transit signal priority for bus rapid transit; bus rapid transit systems in Latin America and Asia; bus rapid transit in San Francisco, California; improving bus passenger transfers; transit extraboard management; modeling the factors affecting bus stop dwell time; the gap between public transport vehicles and platforms - a barrier for the disabled; and assessing schedule qualities in paratransit.
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- Publication Date: 2008
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 155p
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Issue Number: 2072
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus lanes; Bus priority; Bus rapid transit; Bus transit operations; Crash avoidance systems; Dwell time; Extraboards; High occupancy toll lanes; Magnetic farecards; Marketing; Microsimulation; Modal shift; Origin and destination; Paratransit services; Passenger information systems; Persons with disabilities; Public transit; Schedule maintenance; Single occupant vehicles; Traffic signal preemption; Transfers; Trip matrices
- Uncontrolled Terms: Bus-only shoulders; In-vehicle displays; Intermittent bus lanes; Passenger flow models; Travel barriers
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01116584
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780309113472
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Dec 17 2008 11:01AM