Research Catalog

Title

Transit : bus transit and maintenance ; rural ; paratransit ; technology ; capacity and quality of service.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Annual Meeting (79th : 2000 : Washington, D.C.)
• National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Bus Transit Systems.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Paratransit.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on New Transportation Systems and Technology.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Transit Fleet Maintenance.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee on Technology Transfer.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Task Force on Transit Capacity and Quality of Service.

Description

v, 141 pages : illustrations, charts, maps; 28 cm.

Series Statement

Transportation research record, 0361-1981 ; no. 1731

Uniform Title

Transportation research record ; 1731.

Subject

• Local transit > Management
• Local transit > Technological innovations
• Rural transit > Technological innovations
• Bus lines > Management
• Bus lines > Technological innovations
• Paratransit services
• Bus lines > Management
• Bus lines > Technological innovations
• Local transit > Management
• Local transit > Technological innovations
• Paratransit services
• Rural transit > Technological innovations

Note

• "A peer-reviewed publication of the Transportation Research Board."
• "The papers contained in this volume were among those presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 2000"--P. vii.
• "Transportation Research Board, National Research Council."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Part 1, Bus transit and maintenance: Bus rapid transit technologies in the Americas : an overview / Roderick B. Diaz, Donald C. Schneck -- Zigzagging of bus routes : an analytical approach / Seung-Young Kho -- Optimal bus stop pacing through dynamic programming and geographic modeling / Peter G. Furth, Adam B. Rahbee -- Conditional bus priority at signalized intersections : better service with less traffic disruption / Peter G. Furth, Theo H.J. Muller -- Dynamic right-of-way for transit vehicles : integrated modeling approach for optimizing signal control on mixed traffic arterials / Peter A. Duerr -- Traction performance of transit and paratransit vehicles in winter / Lufti Raad, Jian John Lu -- Procedure to evaluate alternatives to transit bus replacement / Snehamay Khasnabis, Mubashir Naseer.
• Part 2, Rural: Internet-based decision support for advanced public transportation systems technology / John R. Stone, Tashina Ahmed, Anna Nalevanko.
• Part 3, Paratransit: Effectiveness of taxi partitions : Baltimore, Maryland, case study / John R. Stone, Daniel C. Stevens.
• Part 4, Technology: Evaluating real-time bus arrival information systems / Rabi G. Mishalani, Sungjoon Lee, Mark R. McCord -- Intelligent transportation system technology in a shared electric vehicle program / Matthew Barth, Michael Todd, Hiroshi Murakami -- Buses as a traffic probe : demonstration project / Randolph W. Hall, Nilesh Vyas -- Simulating bus operations with enhanced corridor simulator : case study of New Jersey Transit bus route 39 / Yuqing Ding, Steven I-Jy Chien, Noreen A. Zayas -- Technology transfer in the transit industry / Yuko J. Nakanishi, Ossama Abd Elrahman.
• Part 5, Capacity and quality of service: Development of Florida's transit level-of-service indicator / Paul Ryus [and four others] -- Transit passenger perceptions of transit-related crime reduction measures / Thomas B. Reed, Richard R. Wallace, Daniel A. Rodriquez.

ISBN

• 0309067383
• 9780309067386

OCLC

• ocm45855369
• 45855369
• SCSB-9146826

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library