Guidelines for Transit Bus Stop Spacing: Improving Accessibility and Performance

This project is to develop a concise guideline of policies, procedures and analytic templates that transit operators and planners can apply in planning for transit bus stop consolidation or extensions on existing or new routes. The policies embodied in the guide are to help improve accessibility to transit by making it more convenient for users and in so doing help improve the performance of transit operations by reducing cost for operators.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $40717.00
• Contract Numbers:

  2010-NBG-1066

  GT-10254

• Sponsor Organizations:

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95843
• Project Managers:

  Cavello, Casey

• Performing Organizations:

  California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo

  California Polytehcnic State Univeristy
  San Luis Obispo, CA  United States  93407
• Principal Investigators:

  Nuworsoo, Cornelius

• Start Date: 20100730
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20110730
• Source Data: RiP Project 28528

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Bus stops; Bus transit operations; Guidelines; Planning; Public transit; Transit operating agencies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Route planning
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01463509
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Leonard Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: 2010-NBG-1066, GT-10254
• Files: UTC, RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:25PM