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Improving bus service provision : a review of current UK planning
journal contribution
posted on 2008-06-24, 13:56 authored by Marcus EnochMarcus Enoch, Stephen Potter, Helena TitheridgeThe development of bus services is a key element
of local sustainable transport strategies. But in
many areas of Britain, bus use continues to
decline as car use inexorably rises. Those involved
in planning and operating bus services thus face a
challenge which so far, with a very few exceptions,
they have shied away from accepting. So why is
this the case, and what can be done to stimulate
a renaissance in the bus sector?
The purpose of this paper is to review the factors
that affect bus use, and at how a geodemographic
analysis tool may be used to
incorporate these. It also looks at how
commercial and social bus services are currently
planned and marketed and identifies the
inadequacies of these methods. The paper
concludes that with the number of skilled bus
planners in decline, it is time for the industry to
develop more ‘scientific’ methods of planning
bus routes and services.
The results presented are taken from the first
stage of an EPSRC Future of Integrated Transport
feasibility study, which aimed to develop a geodemographic
analysis-based tool for those
involved in planning and operating public
transport to help overcome some of the transport
problems faced by people living in rural areas.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
ENOCH, M.P., TITHERIDGE, H. and POTTER, S., 2003. Improving bus service provision : a review of current UK planning. Traffic engineering and control, 44(2), pp. 63-66Publisher
© Hemming Group LtdPublication date
2003Notes
This is a journal article. It was published in the journal, Traffic and control engineering [© Hemming Group Ltd] and is also available from: http://www.tecmagazine.com/ISSN
0041-0683Language
- en