Evaluation of Rural Passenger Transportation Services with Bus Operation Mode in a Metropolitan Area

This paper analyzes the necessity and urgency of rural passenger transportation transformation under the background of urban and rural harmonious development and the increasing urbanization rate in metropolitan areas of China. The Zhenjiang—Rongbing transportation line is studied as a typical case in this paper; the process and effects of rural passenger transportation reforms of this transport line are discussed in detail. The case provides an insight into the rural passenger transportation development process that can offer good measures to solve the trips of rural residents that are useful to planners worldwide, meanwhile, the evaluation index system on results of rural passenger transportation transformation is proposed.