6th Edition

Public Transport Its Planning, Management and Operation

By Peter R. White Copyright 2017
292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

Public Transport provides an accessible introductory text to the field of public transport systems, covering bus, coach, rail, metro, domestic air and taxi modes. The market structure is set out, together with data collection methods. The technology of bus and rail systems is introduced with particular reference to peak capacity and energy consumption. An analysis of cost structures and costing... Read more

List of Figures

List of Tables

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: Organisation and Control of Transport in the British Isles

Chapter Two: The Role of Public Transport

Chapter Three: Data Collection for Public Transport

Chapter Four: Service Quality and Marketing

Chapter Five: The Technology of Bus and Coach Systems

Chapter Six: Urban Railways and Rapid Transit Systems

Chapter Seven: Network Planning

Chapter Eight: Costing and Cost Allocation Methods

Chapter Nine: Pricing Theory and Practice

Chapter Ten: Rural Public Transport

Chapter Eleven: Long-distance public transport

Chapter Twelve: Some Current Policy Issues

Index

Biography

Peter White is Emeritus Professor of Public Transport Systems at the University of Westminster in London, UK. Within this field, his particular interests include rural transport, data collection methods, and the deregulation and privatisation of the bus and coach sectors, together with privatisation of railway systems.