Evaluating alternative concepts of bus-based park and ride

Authors

Stuart Meek
Stephen Ison
Marcus Enoch

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2010

Subject Area

infrastructure - interchange/transfer, mode - bus, place - europe, policy - parking

Keywords

Park and Ride, Interchange, Bus, Integration

Abstract

Whilst it has been used since the 1960s, the UK government have promoted bus-based Park and Ride (P&R) particularly heavily over the last 20 years as a tool to deal with traffic congestion and air pollution. There has long since been a view however that P&R in its current guise may actually be exacerbating the problems of traffic congestion, fuel use and emissions instead of mitigating them. This paper aims to reconsider this proposition whilst also testing a range of alternative forms of car–bus interchange in the context of traffic reduction, drawing on evidence from a large survey of P&R users in Cambridge, UK. Overall the results suggest that while current P&R significantly increases the vehicle miles travelled by its users, some of the alternative models presented potentially offer considerable improvements.

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

Comments

Transport Policy Home Page: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0967070X

Recommended Citation

Meek, S., Ison, S., Enoch, M. (2010). Evaluating alternative concepts of bus-based park and ride. Transport Policy, Article in Press, Corrected Proof.