LOCATION AND DESIGN OF BUS STOPS infrastructure - stop, planning
- surveys, mode - bus, literature review - literature review
Transit buses, Surveys, Stop (Public transportation), Site
selection, Simulation, Research, Placement (Location),
Observation, Manuals, Location, Locating, Literature surveys,
Literature reviews, Guides to the literature, Guidelines, Field
studies, Design, Data collection, Data acquisition, Computer
simulation, Bus stops A recent Transit Cooperative Research
Program was initiated to develop bus stop location and design
guidelines, with the goal of assembling the most comprehensive
and technically current information into one reference document.
The development of the guidelines began with a literature review
and the identification of stakeholders' concerns via mail-out
and telephone surveys. Face-to-face interviews were conducted in
Arizona, Michigan, and California. A review of 28 transit agency
manuals provided an assessment of current practices.
Observations during regional visits w