Research in bus and rail transit operations

Technical Report · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6649544

Chatterjee, A; Wegmann, F J; Ceder, A; Levinson, H S; Hollander, A

The 10 papers in the report deal with the following areas: Private Sector Involvement in Sponsoring Sunday Bus Service; Optimal Design of Transit Short-Turn Trips; New York City's Unfranchised Buses: Case Study in Deregulation; Critical Factors in Planning Multimodal Passenger Terminals; Use of Travelers' Attitudes in Rail Service Design; Driven, Attended, and Fully Automated Transit; Qualitative Comparison; Impact on Transit Patronage of Cessation or Inauguration of Rail Service; Use of Productivity Factors in Estimating LRT Operating Costs; Simulation Study To Evaluate Spare Ratios in Bus Transit Systems; Statistical Evaluation of Spare Ratio in Transit Rolling Stock.

• Research Organization: National Research Council, Washington, DC (USA). Transportation Research Board
• OSTI ID: 6649544
• Report Number(s): PB-90-224833/XAB; TRB/TRR--1221
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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