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- W2440936850 abstract "Debates about the desirability of allowing minibus operation have usually ended either inconclusively or with the general feeling that anything the minibus can do the big bus can do better. Supporters of minibus services have usually seen them as an adjunct to the operations of the large buses. The minis, it is thought, should ply only the lightly trafficked routes where the large buses would operate with too low a frequency. The minis should cater for short distance ''feeder traffic?as collectors and distributors?and should be excluded, by the high costs, from the main line hauls. Thus, it is suggested, only on a few routes will the necessarily high money costs of mini seat-kilometers be offset by a substantial reduction in headways and waiting costs. On many occasions the evidence which has been adduced to support these conclusions has taken the form of calculations by knowledgeable operators of a bus system of the costs they would expect if they were required to operate a minibus system. The figures always show that the costs of a minibus are much higher than those of a big bus?in terms of both seat miles and passenger miles. The presumption is then that, except for certain lightly trafficked routes, the minibus is not appro priate. (Itis rather like the exercise which is common among engineering students: it shows that a bumble bee cannot conceivably fly !) Furthermore, it is supposed that in general, for the vast majority of people, the value of the reduction in waiting time occasioned by the use of minibuses is likely to be less than the cost premium involved. Impressive though these a priori arguments may be, they remain based on pre conceptions rather than reality. It would be instructive to confront these proposi tions with real evidence of the decisions of individuals in the real world. Fortunately, we can now do just this. Minibuses were introduced in sizeable numbers in Kuala Lumpur in 1976. Almost 400 of them were licensed to compete with the existing 520-550 stage buses. Some of the basic characteristics of Kuala Lumpur transport are shown in Table 1." @default.
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- W2440936850 title "THE BENEFITS OF MINIBUSES" @default.
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