Evaluation of Public Transportation Operation based on Data Envelopment Analysis

This paper presented a method on evaluating the performance of bus routes within a public transportation system using revised data envelopment analysis (DEA) method and sensitivity analysis of indexes. First, based on the analysis of the operation of public transportation, passenger load rate, service reliability, average dwell time and average running speed were chosen as output indexes, a virtual index as input from the operators’ and passengers’ perspective. Then the method is applied to 3 bus routes of Beijing public transportation system and the improvement suggestions are put forward. Finally, the results which show that the operation in off-peak period are better than that in peak period, and average running time and service reliability are the key factors influencing performance, conform to the reality of the city, thus validating the practicality of the method. In sum, this study is helpful for improving the operation of the public transportation system.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.08.020
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813021460
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/18770428
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2013 Jiabin Li et al.
• Authors:
  • Li, Jiabin
  • Chen, Xumei
  • Li, Xin
  • 0000-0002-0144-9489
  • Guo, Xiucheng
• Conference:
  • 13th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2013)
  • Location: Shenzhen , China
  • Date: 2013-8-13 to 2013-8-16
• Publication Date: 2013-11-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 148-155
• Serial:
  • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume: 96
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-0428
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Bus transit operations; Dwell time; Public transit; Ridership; Running speed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data envelopment analysis; Service reliability
• Geographic Terms: Beijing (China)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01503434
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 7 2014 4:41PM