The preliminary design of many-to-few dial bus services

Dial-a-bus is a term used to describe a form of demand activated road based public transport. A common type of dial-a-bus service is one which links a service area to a few major trip attractors. This is known as a 'many-to-few' type of operation and such an operation normally has no fixed routes, bus stops or timetable. In order to design such a service to operate without fixed stops, a method…

A study of some factors affecting bus service performance

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…

An opinion survey of the Yorkshire Dales rail service in 1975

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…

The operational characteristics of the Carterton dial-a-bus service

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Effect of one day's withdrawal of taxi services on traffic in the West End of…

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