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Traffic Safety And City Public Transport System: Case Study Of Bengaluru, India, P. S. Kharola, Geetam Tiwari, Dinesh Mohan
Traffic Safety And City Public Transport System: Case Study Of Bengaluru, India, P. S. Kharola, Geetam Tiwari, Dinesh Mohan
Journal of Public Transportation
Vehicle crashes are a major concern in rapidly growing urban agglomerations. They also have attracted the attention of researchers, academicians, and policy makers. A large body of research literature exists that throws light on the magnitude of this problem and also indicates the interventions required. In a vast majority of Indian cities, buses are the main mode of public transport. An externality of the bus-based public transport system, like any other mode of transport, is the injuries and fatalities arising out of the crashes involving them. Buses are involved in 12-20 percent of fatal crashes in Indian cities. This paper …
Using Gis For Measuring Transit Stop Accessibility Considering Actual Pedestrian Road Network, Mohamed A. Foda, Ahmed O. Osman
Using Gis For Measuring Transit Stop Accessibility Considering Actual Pedestrian Road Network, Mohamed A. Foda, Ahmed O. Osman
Journal of Public Transportation
Bus stops attain their importance to the transit service from being the main points of contact between the passenger and the bus. Considering spatial attributes, both the location and the spacing of bus stops significantly affect transit service performance and passenger satisfaction, as they influence travel time in addition to their role in ensuring reasonable accessibility. Knowing that every transit trip begins and ends with pedestrian travel, access to a bus stop is considered a critical factor for assessing the accessibility of the stop location. In this research, transit stop access coverage is estimated based on the actual pedestrian road …
Explore: An Attraction Search Tool For Transit Trip Planning, Kari Edison Watkins, Brian Ferris, G. Scott Rutherford
Explore: An Attraction Search Tool For Transit Trip Planning, Kari Edison Watkins, Brian Ferris, G. Scott Rutherford
Journal of Public Transportation
Publishing information about a transit agency’s stops, routes, schedules, and status in a variety of formats and delivery methods is an essential part of improving the usability of a transit system and the satisfaction of a system’s riders. A key staple of most transit traveler information systems is the trip planner, a tool that serves travelers well if the both origin and destination are known. However, sometimes the availability of transit at a location is more important than the actual destination. Given this premise, we developed an Attractions Search Tool to make use of an underlying trip planner to search …
Welfare And Equity Impacts Of Gasoline Price Changes Under Different Public Transportation Service Levels, Aaron Golub
Welfare And Equity Impacts Of Gasoline Price Changes Under Different Public Transportation Service Levels, Aaron Golub
Journal of Public Transportation
The impacts on public transit ridership of changes in gasoline prices and service levels have been studied, while the combined effects of gasoline price changes under different levels of transit service have not. This paper discusses a consumer welfare calculation based on a binary mode choice model for commuters in idealized corridors with varying public transportation levels of service. Welfare losses are seen to be greatest for commuters in corridors with poor public transit options, and losses increase with rising gas prices. Low-income commuters are seen to suffer more welfare loss in corridors with low-performing transit options than in corridors …
Federally-Mandated Evaluation Of New Starts Transit Projects, David Laverny-Rafter
Federally-Mandated Evaluation Of New Starts Transit Projects, David Laverny-Rafter
Journal of Public Transportation
Over the last 20 years, numerous metropolitan regions in the U.S. have implemented new, and upgraded existing, rail and bus rapid transit (BRT) fixed guideway systems funded by the federal “New Starts” program. Now, one condition of receipt of federal New Starts funds is that the project sponsor conduct an evaluation, called a Before and After Study, to determine the cost and ridership impacts of the transit project. Upon completion of this study, it must be submitted to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation, which is mandated to summarize these reports and submit them as …
Web-Based Weapons Of Mass Destruction Training For Transit Police, Lori A. Magda, Allison N. Canton, Robyn R.M. Gershon
Web-Based Weapons Of Mass Destruction Training For Transit Police, Lori A. Magda, Allison N. Canton, Robyn R.M. Gershon
Journal of Public Transportation
In response to increased terrorist attacks on mass transit systems worldwide, emergency planning and security efforts have intensified. One of the most important planning elements is the provision of training for first-response personnel. Yet few terrorism-related training programs specific to the mass transit sector are available. To address this unmet need, a web-based weapons of mass destruction (WMD) simulation training program, specifically designed for transit police, was recently developed, implemented, and evaluated. Results indicate that this program was effective in improving transit police officers’ ability to recognize and respond to WMD simulations.
Night-Time Operations In Transit Systems: Evaluating The Athens Metro Owl Services, Eirini Veliou, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou, Matthew G. Karlaftis
Night-Time Operations In Transit Systems: Evaluating The Athens Metro Owl Services, Eirini Veliou, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou, Matthew G. Karlaftis
Journal of Public Transportation
Public transport operators make significant efforts toward improving the quality of operations by upgrading and maintaining infrastructure and rolling stock, training personnel, and offering better and more responsive services to passengers. Among these responsive services is the extension of service at night (night-time extension) whose goal is to serve night-time demand for passengers. This paper examines, analyzes, and evaluates the performance and quality of the Athens Metro night-time service extension for a two-month trial period. Based on ridership estimates and extensive passenger satisfaction surveys, results indicate that the night-time extension attracted a considerable number of passengers who previously used their …
Style Versus Service? An Analysis Of User Perceptions Of Transit Stops And Stations, Hiroyuki Iseki, Brian D. Taylor
Style Versus Service? An Analysis Of User Perceptions Of Transit Stops And Stations, Hiroyuki Iseki, Brian D. Taylor
Journal of Public Transportation
Transit travelers expend a great deal of time and energy on out-of-vehicle walking and waiting, which significantly affects their perceived burdens of travel. Accordingly, this article is concerned with ways to reduce the perceived burdens of out-of-vehicle time spent walking, waiting, and transferring to improve users’ experience at transit stops and stations. We surveyed 749 transit users at 12 transit stops and stations around metropolitan Los Angeles and found that the most important determinant of user satisfaction with a transit stop or station has little to do with the physical characteristics of the facility; instead, frequent, reliable service in an …
Planning For Demographic Diversity: The Case Of Immigrants And Public Transit, Evelyn Blumenberg, Alexandra Elizabeth Evans
Planning For Demographic Diversity: The Case Of Immigrants And Public Transit, Evelyn Blumenberg, Alexandra Elizabeth Evans
Journal of Public Transportation
This research examines the significant effects of immigration on transit use. Drawing on data from the U.S. Census, we examine how the enormous influx of immigrants to California has altered the demographics of transit commuting in the state and contributed importantly to a growth in transit ridership. California immigrants commute by public transit at twice the rate of native-born commuters, comprise nearly 50 percent of all transit commuters in the state, and are responsible for much of the growth in transit commuting in the state. But over time, immigrants’ reliance on transit declines. Transit managers would be well advised to …
Tax-Free Transit Benefits At 30: Evolution Of A Free Parking Offset, Stuart M. Baker, David Judd, Richard L. Oram
Tax-Free Transit Benefits At 30: Evolution Of A Free Parking Offset, Stuart M. Baker, David Judd, Richard L. Oram
Journal of Public Transportation
Tax-free employee transit benefits emerged in the 1970s along with monthly pass plans and evolved over a 30-year period to be an important part of transit marketing, transit revenue, and traffic mitigation strategies. Transit benefit plans succeeded partly because they are an “offset” to employer-provided tax-free parking, an integral part of transit’s market context in theoretical and practical terms. First authorized in 1984 at a tax-free monthly maximum of $15, transit benefit legislation was expanded numerous times and now allows a monthly maximum of $230, equaling tax-free parking. Indicating the effectiveness of workplace market development, transit benefit impacts greatly exceed …
Are Suburban Tods Over-Parked?, Robert Cervero, Arlie Adkins, Cathleen Sullivan
Are Suburban Tods Over-Parked?, Robert Cervero, Arlie Adkins, Cathleen Sullivan
Journal of Public Transportation
A survey of 31 multi-family housing complexes near rail stations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland, Oregon, show peak parking demand is 25-30 percent below supplies and, for most projects, falls below national standards. Peak parking demand is generally less for less expansive projects with short walking distances to rail stations that enjoy frequent peak-period services. Case study experiences suggest that welldesigned, short and direct walking paths to rail stops lessen peak parking. A national survey of 80 U.S. cities with rail stations revealed that 75 percent have minimum TOD parking requirements that mandate more parking than suburban …
Effect Of Variable Bus Speeds On Bus Network Design, Nicole Foletta, Miquel Estrada, Mireia Roca-Riu, Pere Martí
Effect Of Variable Bus Speeds On Bus Network Design, Nicole Foletta, Miquel Estrada, Mireia Roca-Riu, Pere Martí
Journal of Public Transportation
This article provides a methodology for solving the bus network design problem, covering network design and frequency setting and taking into consideration that commercial speeds of buses vary depending on the aggregated frequency of buses on each corridor. This methodology, referred to as Variable Speed Methodology, uses a variation of an algorithm proposed by Baaj and Mahmassani that assumes speeds remain constant (denoted Fixed Speed Methodology). Both methodologies were applied to the street network of Barcelona. Outputs were compared, and it was found that the Variable Speed Methodology produces a bus network with faster average travel speeds, shorter travel times, …
Investment Decision Making For Alternative Fuel Public Transport Buses: The Case Of Brisbane Transport, Anish Patil, Paulien Herder, Kerry Brown
Investment Decision Making For Alternative Fuel Public Transport Buses: The Case Of Brisbane Transport, Anish Patil, Paulien Herder, Kerry Brown
Journal of Public Transportation
Cleaner and less polluting public transport buses based on alternative fuels are of paramount importance if cities are to attain their ambitious emissions reduction targets. Public transport buses are high usage vehicles that operate in heavily congested areas where air quality improvements and reductions in public exposure to harmful air contaminants are critical. As such, they are good candidates for achieving both near-term and long-term emission reductions. Decision making for the investment in alternative fuel buses is dependent on future technological development and emissions standards, and it is difficult, given the uncertainty in regards to both these factors. The objective …
Ttsat: A New Approach To Mapping Transit Accessibility, Chao-Lun Cheng, Asha Weinstein Agrawal
Ttsat: A New Approach To Mapping Transit Accessibility, Chao-Lun Cheng, Asha Weinstein Agrawal
Journal of Public Transportation
Transit agencies have never had an accurate indicator of the extent of their service area based on riders’ door-to-door travel time. This is an important gap in knowledge, because travel time is one of the most important factors determining whether or not people will use public transit. This paper presents a powerful new travel timebased method to visualize and analyze transit service coverage—a computer application called the Time-Based Transit Service Area Tool (TTSAT). Unlike other service area metrics, TTSAT incorporates total trip travel time into the transit service area maps it generates. To make these travel-time estimates realistic, TTSAT integrates …
Determinants Of Customer Satisfaction On Service Quality: A Study Of Railway Platforms In India, Geetika, Shefali Nandan
Determinants Of Customer Satisfaction On Service Quality: A Study Of Railway Platforms In India, Geetika, Shefali Nandan
Journal of Public Transportation
Service quality has been viewed as a determinant of customer satisfaction. Different dimensions of service quality have been considered by various researchers. This study identifies components of service quality of Indian Railways at railway platforms. The study is exploratory in nature and uses factor analysis to identify the most important factors of customer satisfaction with service quality. The research methodology is empirical, and a survey of passengers (customers) was conducted. The findings reveal that five factors are considered important for determining satisfaction with railway platforms, the most important of which are refreshments and behavioral factors. Managerial and theoretical implications are …