Valuing Convenience in Public Transport

United States: Enterprises and employment in tourism: United States

“…It may be argued that convenience is related to "absence of effort" in utilising transport services that are "fit for purpose" in the way they are operated. Key to improving the convenience and seamlessness of public transport and more broadly multimodal transport systems, is minimising i) walking time at any stage of the journey; ii) waiting time, including time spent transferring between services or modes; iii) being bound to scheduled/limited services; iv) transfers within or between modes; v) variability in travel time; vi) a lack of relevant information, and; vii) crowding (Wardman 2014).…”

“…The issue of convenience is important to a variety of stakeholders including existing and potential public transport users, policy makers and regulators, funding bodies, and operators for the following reasons (Wardman 2014):…”