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The UK offers 40 years of experience with a model of car-bus intermodality that has become a popular policy option. This concept, whereby interchange sites are located close to their host cities and served by dedicated buses, has changed very little despite concerns that it may encourage car use and consequently generate additional negative externalities. Its popularity remains widespread however, with both the motorist and the policymaker since it has hitherto evolved as a user-focused instrument, tailoring itself to the attracting the motorist. Until now, few alternative ways to implement interchange have been proposed as a way forward for car-bus interchange in the UK, which capitalize on its popularity while more efficiently reducing car use. The aim of this paper then is to evaluate the impact of current and potential alternative models of car-bus interchange, primarily by adjusting interchange site location and methods of bus operation. The impacts of such concepts on car use are then modeled. The results suggest that while the current model of intermodality generally increases car use, considerable relative benefits can be derived from alternative designs.

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09-0609

English

18p

2009

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

DVD

Figures (2) ; References (21) ; Tables (3)

Automobiles; Bus transit operations; Buses; Interfaces; Multimodal transportation; Public transit; Transportation modes; Urban areas

United Kingdom

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-0609

TRIS, TRB

Jan 30 2009 4:51PM