Transit Scheduling Manual Res. New employees of transit scheduling departments need training in this craft to do their job, and experienced schedulers require retraining to fill gaps in their knowledge. Therefore, a new transit scheduling manual, suitable as text for a training course, was needed by the transit industry. The objective of this research was to prepare a transit scheduling manual along with a comprehensive and user-friendly set of training materials. The materials describe all steps in the scheduling process.
Scheduling is the assignment of vehicles and personnel to operate transit service.
For the purposes of this project, bus procedures are treated as the baseline. Variations applicable to rail are treated in separate sections as needed. Double click on the files below to access the report. We regret the inconvenience. For information on obtaining printed copies or online versions of any TRB publications mentioned, click here .