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Reducing Variation Not Function: Lessons From Applied Route Bus Design Research, Robbie Napper, Arthur De Bono, Karen Burns
Reducing Variation Not Function: Lessons From Applied Route Bus Design Research, Robbie Napper, Arthur De Bono, Karen Burns
World Transit Research
Individual bus operators specify vehicles in line with their own unique requirements. Collectively, diversity across vehicle specifications increases costs and lead time and decreases quality in local bus manufacture, paradoxically having negative consequences for the very function that specifications were intended to improve. The vehicle specifications are driven by functional requirements and are therefore difficult to reconcile with manufacturing by simply reducing them. This research set out to develop bus designs balancing user and manufacturer needs.
Investigation found that specification diversity results from bus operators determining designs to meet their requirements – resulting in a raft of solutions to the …
Understanding Ridership Drivers For Bus Rapid Transit Systems In Australia, Graham Currie, Alexa Delbosc
Understanding Ridership Drivers For Bus Rapid Transit Systems In Australia, Graham Currie, Alexa Delbosc
World Transit Research
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems are an increasingly popular public transport option in Australia and internationally. They provide rail-like quality for bus services for a fraction of the cost of fixed rail. Many claims of high and increasing ridership have resulted from BRT system development; however it is unclear exactly which aspects of BRT system design drive this.
This paper undertakes an empirical analysis of factors influencing ridership on 77 BRT and non-BRT bus routes in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. Explanatory variables considered included service level, frequency, speed, stop spacing, separate right of way share, vehicle accessibility, employment and …