TCRP Report 135:

Controlling System Costs: Basic and Advanced Scheduling Manuals and Contemporary Issues in Transit Scheduling

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Size: 405 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2009

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Daniel K Boyle; Bonnie Nelson; John Pappas; Phillip Boyle; David Sharfarz; Howard Benn; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 135: Controlling System Costs: Basic and Advanced Scheduling Manuals and Contemporary Issues in Transit Scheduling explores information on available scheduling tools and techniques and their capabilities. Also, the report provides guidance to transit ...
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Front Matter	i-ix
Summary	1-5	(skim)
Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Transit Scheduling Manual	6-10	(skim)
Chapter 2 - Inputs to the Scheduling Process	11-11	(skim)
2.1 Introduction to the Scheduling Process	12-12	(skim)
2.3 Inputs to the Scheduling Process	13-21	(skim)
2.4 Organization of Scheduling Departments	22-31	(skim)
Chapter 3 - Schedule Building	32-32	(skim)
3.1 Building a Simple Schedule	33-48	(skim)
3.2 A Slightly More Intricate Schedule	49-59	(skim)
3.3 Working on a More Intricate Schedule	60-79	(skim)
3.4 Advanced Schedule Building - Adjusting a More Complex Schedule Based on Check Data	80-92	(skim)
3.5 Advanced Topics In Schedule Writing	93-118	(skim)
Chapter 4 - Schedule Blocking	119-119	(skim)
4.1 Basic Blocking - The Importance of Blocking	120-138	(skim)
4.2 Intermediate Blocking - Blocking a Slightly More Intricate Route 97 Schedule	139-146	(skim)
4.3 Blocking a More Complex Schedule	147-184	(skim)
4.4 Advanced Blocking	185-205	(skim)
Chapter 5 - Runcutting	206-206	(skim)
5.1 Basic Runcutting	207-241	(skim)
5.2 Intermediate Runcutting	242-257	(skim)
5.3 Advanced Runcutting	258-298	(skim)
Chapter 6 - Rostering	299-299	(skim)
6.1 Basic Rostering - Rosters and Their Purpose	300-314	(skim)
6.2 Intermediate Rostering	315-329	(skim)
6.3 Advanced Rostering	330-353	(skim)
Chapter 7 - Rail Scheduling	354-354	(skim)
7.1 Rail Scheduling	355-380	(skim)
Glossary	381-395	(skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	396-396	(skim)

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TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 135: Controlling System Costs: Basic and Advanced Scheduling Manuals and Contemporary Issues in Transit Scheduling explores information on available scheduling tools and techniques and their capabilities. Also, the report provides guidance to transit agencies on a variety of scheduling issues typically faced in a transit operating environment.

TCRP Report 135 is an update to TCRP Report 30: Transit Scheduling: Basic and Advanced Manuals and addresses contemporary issues in transit scheduling. The appendixes to TCRP Report 135 were published as TCRP Web-Only Document 45: Appendixes to TCRP Report 135: Controlling System Costs: Basic and Advanced Scheduling Manuals and Contemporary Issues in Transit Scheduling.

An interactive scheduling manual is available as an ISO image. Links to the ISO image and instructions for burning a CD-ROM from an ISO image are provided below. Once a CD-ROM has been made with the ISO image, open the folder on the CD-ROM called Interactive Scheduling Manual and click on Transit_Scheduling_Lessons.pps.

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