A broad coverage is made of research on bus transportation, dealing with topics of general and national scope, such as safety, maintenance, scheduling, engines and propulsion, travel demand, costs, stations and terminals, subsidies, fuel, special services, user groups, bus types, vehicle engineering, and highway aspects. Traffic models, mathematical analysis, computer aided planning, marketing, and urban needs are also discussed. Other subjects are express routes, air pollution, fares, ridership, bus lanes, forecasting, simulation, park-and-ride, personnel training, crime and vandalism, comfort, operating and handling dynamics, and allied topics. (This updated bibliography contains 363 citations, 81 of which are new entries to the previous edition.)
Bus Transportation: National and General Studies. 1964-October, 1980 (Citations from the NTIS Data Base)
1980
349 pages
Report
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English
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Road Transportation , Bibliographies , Passenger transportation , Buses(Vehicles) , Bus lines , Urban transportation , Regional planning , Routes , Scheduling , Statistical data , Transportation management , Revenue , Operating costs , Facilities , Cost analysis , Public administration , Community relations , Surveys , Computer programming , Ridership , Bus lanes , Transit fares , Environmental issues , Municipal services , Subsidy programs , Urban traffic control systems , Bus priority systems , Transit buses