Boarding and alighting times for elderly persons using special bus service

This technical note examines the boarding and alighting times for elderly persons with respect to buses. The study was conducted with the assistance of Special Transport Service, a small-scale operation consisting of two buses. The main findings of the research are estimates for the boarding and alighting times for one ambulatory person: 2.328 minutes for boarding the bus and 1.002 minutes for alighting from the bus.