ABSTRACT
One of the main motivations for writing this book is the persistent use by transit agencies (especially in the US) of the Bus Scheduling Manual of August 1947, reprinted in 1982 (Rainville, 1947). The manual opens as follows: “This volume is viewed today [i.e. 1982] as a classic reference on manual scheduling practices. It represents a comprehensive effort made over 30 years ago to pull together the state of the practice in this field, and many of those practices still remain valid today”.
