The bus transit system : ITS underutilized potential

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• Creators:
  Vuchic, Vukan ; Bruun, Eric C. ; Krstanoski, Nikola ; Shin, Yong Eun ; Kikuchi, Shinya ; Chakrobotry, Partha ; Perincherry, Vijay
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration ; University of Pennsylvania ; University of Delaware
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bus transit
  • Bus lanes
  • Bus rapid transit
  • High occupancy vehicle lanes
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • State of the practice
  • Surveys
  • Quality of service
  • Transit operating agencies
  • Urban transportation policy
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-T-94-20
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  Canada ; United States ; Norway
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Abstract:
  The bus system represents the most widely used transit mode. Upgraded bus services, primarily those which have partially or fully separated rights-of-way, represent a very cost-effective method to improve the balance between automobile and transit. Many measures for improving bus services have been introduced since 1970. However, many of these improvements were not maintained: buses were gradually returned to operations in mixed traffic. This report examines the quality of bus services in various cities in North America and worldwide and analyzes the reasons for the phenomenon of "backsliding" or disappearance of bus transit priority measures.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/3634/dot_3634_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.89 MB]
• Collection(s):
  ITSJPO Digital Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:841ee56ca3f58742858ab0c2a4d5365c6c3be22862fede987a5f65800c26f894