Travel Behavior Reactions to Transit Service Disruptions: Study of Metro SafeTrack Projects in Washington, D.C.

Major transit infrastructure disruptions have become more frequent because of increasing maintenance needs for aging infrastructure, system failures, and disasters. Understanding travel behavior reactions to service disruptions on the basis of empirical observations is a fundamental step toward planning and operating an efficient and reliable transportation system. Few studies in the literature have investigated the behavioral and system impact of transit service disruptions. To bridge this gap in the literature, this research investigated travel behavioral reactions to transit service disruptions during the Metro SafeTrack projects in Washington, D.C., with the use of a unique panel survey. This study offers new insights on multimodal, multidimensional travel behavioral responses to major transit network disruptions, a critically theoretical prerequisite for developing and implementing effective strategies (e.g., how to deploy the reserve bus fleet optimally) that minimize system impact and improve transit system reliability and resilience.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2649-09
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309441988
• Authors:
  • Zhu, Shanjiang
  • Masud, Hamza
  • Xiong, Chenfeng
  • Yang, Zhuo
  • Pan, Yixuan
  • Zhang, Lei
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 79–88
• Monograph Title: Public Transportation, Volume 3: Management, Performance, and Quality of Service
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2649
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Maintenance; Rail transit; Reliability; Safety; Service disruption; Subways; Travel behavior
• Identifier Terms: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Geographic Terms: Washington (District of Columbia)
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01631474
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309441988
• Report/Paper Numbers: 17-06000
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 30 2017 5:08PM