Trrl Lr 769 In the 1975 the Laboratory monitored the use of a unique countryside experiment Dail Rail - undertaken by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Communitee. This involved the re-opening of five disused stations between Settle and Appleby for charter train services and providing connecting buses on six weekends between May and September, for the first time in 1975 and for two subsequen…
Trrl Lr 767 Various measures aimed at improving the operation of a bus service have been examined using the results of TRRL surveys ans simulation modelling. Service 9 of the Bristol Omnibus Company was chosen as a basis for the study. The main findings were: (1) In the evening peak period improved time-keeping could reduce the mean passenger waiting time by 5 per cent. (2) reducing bus-boar…
In order to assess the potential value of bus control a computer simulation of a high frequancy urban bus service has been used to estimate the likely effects of applying a number of control strategies formulated for use when the positions of buses on the route were known. Four strategies were considered; The first three regulised bus depatures from termini by making adjustments to bus layover …
Trrl Lr 906 Questionnaire surveys were carried out amongst rail passengers and motorists during the August weekend when the charter service was running, to obtain people's opinions of the service. The survey showed that for most passengers, Dales Rail provided an opportunity of a trip to the Dales which would not have been made had the charter service not been running, and for two-thirds of …
Trrl Lr 825 TRRL has studied the effects of a distribution of bus service information leaflets, to determine whether expenditure on such activities can be justified by resultant increases in traffic. Principal findings were that the extra revenue attributable directly to the information leaflet was some four times the cost of production and distribution. Patronage on the bus services in the …
The 7th Conference of the Australian Road Research Board, volume 7, part 2, pp. 384-396
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