Bus Transit Service Reliability and Improvement Strategies: Integrating the Perspectives of Passengers and Transit Agencies in North America

Diab, Ehab; Badami, Madhav G.; El-Geneidy, Ahmed

doi:10.1080/01441647.2015.1005034

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“…While stop time models are common in the literature, it is rare to find stop time variation models (20) because they are more laborious to produce (21). In other words, variation models are not common in the literature (22)(23)(24), and when they are provided, they tend to focus only on investigating running time variation by using the coefficient of variation (CV) of running time (23)(24)(25).…”

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El-Geneidy

2015

Transportation Research Record

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Determining the proper location of bus stops is an important planning decision in the transit planning field. While previous efforts in the literature have suggested several advantages and disadvantages regarding certain bus stop placements, there has been little effort towards understanding the impacts of bus stop location on the transit system performance at the stop level of analysis. This article aims to evaluate the impact of bus stop location on bus stop time and stop time variation. It uses stop-level data collected from the Société de transport de Montréal (STM)'s automatic vehicle location (AVL) and automatic passenger count (APC) systems, in Montréal, Canada. The study findings show that stop times occurring on the near side of intersections are in average 4.2 to 5.0 seconds slower than stop times occurring on the far side of intersections, with no impact on stop time variation. A validation model is utilized to confirm the impacts of bus stop placements on stop time, using data from TriMet's automated bus dispatch system, in Portland, Oregon. This study offers transit planners and policy makers a better understanding of the effects of bus stop location on stop time and its variation in order to improve service quality while minimizing service variation at the stop level.

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El-Geneidy

2015

Transportation Research Record

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“…Therefore, there are theoretical studies that are focused on improving the planning and timetable control of the bus transport system, e.g., [5]. In addition, those like Diab et al [6] that propose strategies to improve the bus system by integrating stakeholders, which are mainly passengers. These studies also include the improvement of infrastructure, accessibility, and equity focus on low-income groups, as well as improving investment in time and money with Bus Rapid Transyt (BRT) systems [7].…”

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Strategic Thinking for Sustainability: A Review of 10 Strategies for Sustainable Mobility by Bus for Cities

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Fernández-Heredia

2018

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The sustainable mobility of the future comes about through sustainable ways of transport, such as walking, cycling, or collective transport. This includes the bus, the underground, and trains in big cities. This article reviews bus-related policies and initiatives worldwide. It also analyses ten cities looking at medium and long-term strategies for the urban bus service. The main ideas are: the forecasts for the use of the urban bus system indicate a significant increase in demand, therefore, there is a need for expanding the offered services; efforts to change the fleets towards Compressed Natural Gas and Electric vehicles; support of technological innovation for communication and accessibility; improving commercial speed and frequencies by infrastructure improvements, operation optimisation and technology; and, the link between these strategies and the air quality of cities. The transition towards a sustainable transport will happen based on the belief that the bus service is no longer the transport of the past or the present, but of the future.

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“…Commonly used measures include schedule punctuality and on-time performance (for low-frequency services) and the coefficient of variation of vehicle headways (for high-frequency services). Although these metrics are related to the waiting time of travellers, the metrics evaluate reliability primarily from the supplier's rather than passengers' perspective (van Oort, 2014;Diab et al, 2015).…”

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Public transport experienced service reliability: Integrating travel time and travel conditions

Jenelius

2018

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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Bus Transit Service Reliability and Improvement Strategies: Integrating the Perspectives of Passengers and Transit Agencies in North America

Cited by 82 publications

References 72 publications

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Strategic Thinking for Sustainability: A Review of 10 Strategies for Sustainable Mobility by Bus for Cities

Public transport experienced service reliability: Integrating travel time and travel conditions

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