INTERCHANGE FACILITIES IN URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT

ABS!l'RAC!l' Int:er'C.hanqes are an .int:eqra.l par't: of an eff.ic:ienr and co,sc-eff..ic.ient: llrhan pub..l..i'c c.ranspoz'c ,system.. The earl/re of Au.straLas:.ian c..ir1es means that: the pz'Opoz'-c.lon of .int:er'Cbanqe .Journeys .is .h.iq.her t:.han found .in many ot:ber part:,s' of t:be wor.ld" Consequent:ly the p.lannJ."nq of J.'ntez'cnanqe facJ.".l.i't:~le.s a.ssume,s· cons..lderab.le .impoz"cance.. The v.iews and needs Qf t:ranspoz'c users and pz'Ov.i'ders, J."ntez"change management: and propert:y developers are cOJ'1.s.ider'ed .in det:erm.in. lnq the pr.ior.it:J.'eS' in .lntez'CiJange des.iqn. Hecommendat.ioo.S' ar'e made based an Cl comb.loae.ion of z"eseaz"clJ and exper.ience of developinq .improved bus st:at:.i'ons and bu.s/ra.il .int:erc.hanqes ,in Ne.,. Zealand, Br,it:a.in and Jre.1and. IJerequ.lat:.ion of urban puiJ.li.'c t:ranspoz't can nave e.it:hez' a pos.it.lve oz' neqat:.ive .influence on the operat:..ion or .incez'CiJanqes, .but: we.l.1-s.it:ed .locac.ion,s wh2ch zepz'e,senc a foca.1 po.int: fo.z" cbe az-ed az-e un.1.i/ee.1y t:o d.illl.in.i.s.h .in .bnport:anee,