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TRANSPORT POLICY
Volume 52, Issue -, Pages 175-185Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.07.012
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Rural public transport; Network planning; Pulse timetable; Integrated timed-transfer; Taktfahrplan; Demand-responsive
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Public transport in rural and exurban areas faces major challenges, with low population densities making it difficult to provide high-quality, high-occupancy services. While demand-responsive transport is sometimes prescribed as an innovative strategy for service provision, the network planning approach to public transport suggests that integrated timed-transfer or pulse timetable networks should be explored first. This paper examines the rural network approach using examples from Switzerland, which has among the highest rates of public transport use in Western Europe, as well as nationally-coordinated Taktfahrplan scheduling that extends deep into rural areas. The basic Swiss pulse timetabling technique is reviewed, along with the application of the approach to a remote rural case study in Graubunden's Lower Engadine and Val Mustair. Characteristics of pulse timetable networks and the wider rural network approach are considered, drawing broad lessons for their potential application elsewhere. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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