The report summarizes a variety of recommendations for bus designs which create an attractive alternative to current automobile commuters. The study was undertaken in the city of Flint, Michigan, where public transportation reflected the characteristic problems of declining ridership in the face of rising costs. An earlier study recommended that bus pools for specified user groups be instituted on a demand-responsive, door-to-door basis. The system was therefore designed to maximize its appeal to automobile users and to divert ridership at the city's major industrial trip generators to the public mode. The report details factors relevant to interior and exterior bus design which were intended to integrate the comfort and accessory advantages of the private automobile with the operational benefits of an urban transportation system.


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    Title :

    Flint Transportation Authority Demonstration Project. Bus Interior and Exterior Design, Philosophy, Logic and Resultant Hardware


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1968


    Size :

    34 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English