Summary information

Study title

Quantity and Quality of Spatial Information About Public Transport in 58 European Towns, 1992-2000

Creator

Morrison, A., University of Glasgow, Department of Geography and Topographic Science

Study number / PID

4445 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-4445-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The investigator's aim was to assess the quality of spatial information about urban public transport in towns in one country with deregulated buses (Britain) and in four less wealthy countries of Europe, to compare the quality with that in the 11 wealthy countries with regulated public transport which were previously studied in 1995, and to assess the reasons for the differences. The specific objectives were:

to compare the availability and quality of spatial information about urban public transport for travellers in western European countries where public transport is regulated, with that in Britain where the buses are deregulated, and to investigate whether deregulation is the cause of the difference
to compare the availability and quality of spatial information about urban public transport for travellers in wealthy western European countries, with that in poorer countries in Western Europe, and
to investigate whether lack of funding is the cause of the difference.

Main Topics:

The data consist of 214 variables and 58 records. Each record is one town in Europe, spread over 16 countries including Great Britain. Variables are mainly scores for various aspects of public transport spatial information such as 'Are bus maps displayed at bus shelters?'.

Trade, industry and marketsTransport and travel

BUSES (ELSST)MAPSPUBLIC TRANSPORT (ELSST)TOWNS (ELSST)

Data collection period

Not available

Country

European Union Countries (1993-), Great Britain, Norway, Switzerland

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Administrative units (geographical/political)

Cross-national

Subnational

Towns

Universe

Bus routes in 58 towns, defined as agglomerations, in Europe in 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999 and 2000.

Sampling procedure

See documentation for information about sampling procedures.

Kind of data

Numeric

towns

Data collection mode

Observation

Grant number

R000222713

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2001

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Morrison, A. (2000) 'The causes of differences in the quality and quantity of spatial information about urban public transport within the European Union', [paper], -.