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Title:

NEAR-SIDE OR FAR-SIDE BUS STOPS: A TRANSIT POINT OF VIEW

Accession Number:

00331063

Record Type:

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Abstract:

The optimum location of a bus stop near an intersection is defined as that which minimizes the sum of the cost of time to passengers and the operating cost of buses. Two cases, controlled and signalized intersections, are presented in this paper. A theoretical approach is adopted. A near-side and a far-side bus stop are assumed in the vicinity of the intersection under consideration. The relevant costs are calculated and compared. The location that minimizes these costs is chosen. The optimum location is shown to be dependent on the demand for boarding and alighting from the bus at the near side or the far side and on the expected delay to the bus. Some simple rules are suggested. The method is illustrated by a numerical example to show the validity and practicality of the theory developed. (Author)

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appeared in Transportation Research Record No. 761, Public Transportation Planning.

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 USA

Authors:

GHONEIM, NSA
Wirasinghe, S C

Pagination:

p. 69-75

Publication Date:

1980

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 761
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Features:

Figures (7) ; References (7) ; Tables (1)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Society; I73: Traffic Control

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Last Modified:

Jan 29 1982 12:00AM

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