Improving utilisation of existing public transport infrastructure by allowing bus access to tram rights-of-way.

Author(s)
Somers, A.
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Abstract

This paper investigates allowing buses to access tram rights of way. The investigation searched for examples of shared operations both within Australia and internationally. This was followed by extensive consultation with a wide range of stakeholders and visits to a number of sites to examine specific issues. A number of key areas of consideration were found and examined: 1. The need to have infrastructure that is compatible for shared use, with consideration given to shared use in the design stage to avoid future costs; 2.The requirement for an operating regime that allows for shared use and the potential form of this regime; and 3. The importance of the institutional framework to achieving agreement between government and bus and tram operators. This extends also to achieving union agreement to proposals. Bus operators were the proponents for this investigation; their aim is unsurprisingly, for more reliable and faster bus operations. Shared use was found to be one tool for delivering this, and certain examples were found to also have potential benefit to trams and other road users. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E210528.

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C 29078 (In: C 29076 CD-ROM) /72 /10 / ITRD E210530
Source

In: CAITR-2003 : [proceedings of the] 25th Conference of the Australian Institutes of Transport Research, University of South Australia, Transport Systems Centre, 3-5 December 2003, 15 p.

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