Partha Chakroborty, Professor
Department of Civil Engineering

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Title: Principles of Transportation Engineering

Authors: Partha Chakroborty and Animesh Das

PART - II     PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Chapter-6 Transit System Operations                              

                                                                                                               

q       Introduction                                   

¨     Para-transit systems

¨     Street transit systems

¨     Rapid transit systems                              

q       Route Development                                   

¨     Properties of a good route set

¨     Determination of a good route set

q       Stop Location and Stopping Policy                        

¨     Stopping policy

¨     Stop location

q       Schedule Development                  

¨     Properties of a good schedule

¨     Determination of a good schedule