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The provision of fixed-route transit services in low-density suburban areas poses significant problems for urban communities. Traditionally, fixed-route bus service has been provided to these areas as an extension of the radial system in the core city. However, little information exists that would guide the selection of a certain pattern under a given set of conditions. As energy continues to be in short supply, the question of extensions of fixed-route service to low-density areas may become more pressing. This paper discusses the intrinsic service characteristics of six alternative routing patterns in a hypothetical low-density area. Costs (determined from vehicle miles traveled), coverage area, passenger travel time, and competitiveness with the walk mode are the performance measures used to evaluate each routing pattern. The results indicate that different types of routing configurations do have different implications with respect to these performance measures. No single pattern was found to satisfy all service objectives equally well. Therefore, it is necessary for decision makers to assign priorities to different service characteristics and then to make the necessary trade-offs between those characteristics to arrive at a decision that meets community objectives. (Author)

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1980

Transportation Research Record

59th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Alternatives analysis; Fixed routes; Routing; Shape; Suburbs; Transportation planning; Travel time; Urban transportation

Configuration; Selecting

Administration and Management; Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration

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Oct 28 1982 12:00AM

• ALLOCATION OF BUS TRANSIT SERVICE
• AUTOMATION IN PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS. ABRIDGMENT
• CONCEPT OF TRANSPORTATION NEED REVISITED
• EFFECTS OF SMALL-SCALE TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS ON SAVING ENERGY
• ELASTICITY MEASURES OF BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE TO OFF-PEAK FREE-FARE TRANSIT
• EVALUATION OF THE BARNSTABLE COUNTY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT
• FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE LOCAL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT EXPENDITURES. ABRIDGMENT
• INTEGRATED TRANSIT-NETWORK MODEL (INET): A NEW URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SYSTEM PROGRAM
• NEAR-SIDE OR FAR-SIDE BUS STOPS: A TRANSIT POINT OF VIEW
• ORGANIZATION THEORY AND THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF TRANSIT AGENCIES. ABRIDGMENT
• STRATIFICATION APPROACH TO EVALUATION OF URBAN TRANSIT PERFORMANCE
• THE RUNAROUND: USER-SIDE SUBSIDIES FOR FIXED-ROUTE TRANSIT IN DANVILLE, ILLINOIS
• TIME STABILITY OF ATTITUDES TOWARD TRANSIT USE IN THE ORLANDO, FLORIDA, URBANIZED AREA. ABRIDGMENT
• VALUE OF URBAN TRANSIT OPERATING-COST MODELS AS FORECASTING TOOLS