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5 1.1 Motivation, Background, and Project Objectives The national trend toward redesigns has been influenced in large part by three motivations: • First, in many places the bus network has been disregarded over time, with small changes made over the years as new rail lines have been introduced or new developments opened. Agencies have recognized that the route structure they have does not necessarily align with today's travel patterns and rider expectations, and agencies need to review what has been going well first and then make route-by-route changes; • Second, transit agencies are looking for ways to make the most effective use of their limited resources – in fact many network redesigns were efforts to curb or control operating costs; and • Third, transit ridership, especially bus, has been declining and agencies are looking at new ways to reverse the trend.
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6 Synthesis on Comprehensive Bus Network Redesigns one of the many stages of the redesign process. This synthesis report presents an overview of the current state of the practice across the many phases and stages of bus network redesign, including insights into • The decision-making process for whether to begin a redesign project.
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Introduction: Overview and Key Issues 7 planning is mainly limited to transit route and corridor planning, not system-level planning. For example, the Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual, 3rd ed., arguably the U.S.
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8 Synthesis on Comprehensive Bus Network Redesigns • Implementation is much more complex. Bus operators, bus supervisors and dispatchers, bus operations control center staff, and customer service agents need to be trained on the significant changes.
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