Understanding the impacts of a combination of service improvement strategies on bus running time and passenger's perception

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 614-625

  Diab, Ehab I ^a   El Geneidy, Ahmed M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Articulated buses; Limited stop bus service; Reserved lane; Running time; Smart card fare collection; Transit signal priority (TSP)

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPORTATION;

LIMITED-STOP BUS SERVICES; RESERVED LANE; RUNNING TIME; SMART CARD FARE COLLECTIONS; TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITIES;

SMART CARDS;

BUS TRANSPORT; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SERVICE PROVISION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84855479485     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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