SOCIAL FUNCTION OF REGIONAL TRANSPORT. POSSIBILITY OF CONCILIATING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE OPERATING REGIONAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

FOLLOWING A GENERAL DISCUSSION ON REGIONAL TRAFFIC A STUDY IS MADE OF THEIR SOCIAL FUNCTION AND OF THE ATTITUDE OF DRIVERS AND OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE VARIOUS MEANS ENVISAGED TO FACILITATE THE RATIONAL AND EFFICIENT USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES AT STATIONS AND SHOPS WITH A VIEW TO OFFERING RAPID CONFORTABLE AND ATTRACTIVE JOURNEYS TO THIS AIM, THREE MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN. 1 PRIORITY ON LEAVING PUBLIC TRANSPORT STOPS, 2 POSSIBILITY OF ACTUATING TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND DIVING PRIORITY TO BUSES, 3 ESTABLISHMENT OF CORRIDORS VIEWED FOR BUSES WHERE TRAFFIC CONCENTRATION MAKES THEM NECESSARY. AN ANALYSIS IS PRESENTED OF INCREASES IN TARIFFS AND OF THE NEED FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES TO REMAIN IN TOUCH WITH THE PUBLIC. THE POINTS DISCUSSED APPLY PARTICULARLY TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD ABSTRACT NO 101361.