01003753

Monograph

This Transportation Research Record contains 11 papers which are organized in three parts: (1) Bus, (2) Rural Public and Intercity Bus, and (3) Paratransit. The papers on bus transit discuss fleet size estimation, deployment planning, transit initiation in Jakarta, Indonesia, evaluating bus operations using automatic vehicle location and passenger count data, and wayfinding. The papers dealing with rural public and intercity bus address the subjects of job access for rural residents and coordination of transportation services in rural communities. The paratransit papers address paratransit optimization for special events, paratransit eligibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a taxipooling dispatching system, and a taxi information system.

English

112p

2005

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

0309093740

Print

Figures; References; Tables

Automatic vehicle location; Bus rapid transit; Bus transit; Bus transit operations; Coordination; Deployment; Dispatching; Information systems; Optimization; Paratransit services; Passenger counting; Rural transit; Rural transportation; Special events; Taxi services; Wayfinding

Americans with Disabilities Act

Eligibility determination; Fleet size; Job access; Taxipooling

Jakarta (Indonesia)

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Sep 1 2005 9:34AM

• Effect of Taxi Information System on Efficiency and Quality of Taxi Services
• Estimation of Fleet Size for Variable Bus Schedules
• Framework for Deployment Planning of Bus Rapid Transit Systems
• Initiating Bus Rapid Transit in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Model for Determining Paratransit Eligibility Under the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Moving Rural Residents to Work: Lessons from Eight Job Access and Reverse Commute Projects
• Paratransit Service Optimization for Special Events
• Planning and Design of a Taxipooling Dispatching System
• Successful Coordinated Transportation Services in Rural Communities
• Use of Automatic Vehicle Location and Passenger Count Data to Evaluate Bus Operations: Experience of the Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois
• Wayfinding in Public Transportation