Effective ways to grow urban bus markets – a synthesis of evidence

Graham Currie and Ian Wallis

Journal of Transport Geography, 2008, vol. 16, issue 6, 419-429

Abstract: This paper provides a synthesis of the evidence on the patronage growth performance of bus improvement measures in urban settings. The evidence includes a summary of experience in Europe, North America and Australasia focusing on service improvement measures including network structure and service levels, bus priority measures, vehicles and stop infrastructure, fares and ticketing systems, passenger information and marketing, personal safety and security and synergy effects of measures. The source is the research literature and documented experienced from a series of studies undertaken by the authors over the last decade. It includes the results of an international bus expert ‘Delphi’ survey concerning bus improvement measures focussed on patronage growth. The paper synthesises the evidence to identify measures which are most likely to grow patronage including consideration of cost-effectiveness of measures.

Keywords: Bus improvement; Ridership growth; Public transport; Bus rapid transit; Urban transport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.04.007

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