Empirical Analysis of Level of Service based on Users Perception at Manual Tollbooth Operation in India

Level of Service (LOS) is an important parameter that reflects the operational condition of the toll plaza. Gaining a better understanding of users’ perception of LOS at the toll plaza can be useful in developing policies for improving service quality. A sample of 1150 respondents has been collected at four toll plazas and analyzed for users' perceived LOS. A questionnaire has been designed and a respondent has been asked to rate highly influencing variables. The variables contain the ordered nature variables like waiting time and the discrete nature variables like gender, and hence vehicle specific ordered probit models were developed to find the important variables affecting the users’ perception towards different LOS. The results obtained for different vehicle categories (car, passenger and commercial vehicle) demonstrated that there is a wide variation among different vehicle classes in users’ perception towards different LOS.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2018.12.198
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146518306148
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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/23521465
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2019 Yogeshwar V Navandar et al. Published by Elsevier B.V. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Navandar, Yogeshwar V
  • Dhamaniya, Ashish
  • Patel, D A
• Conference:
  • 21st EURO Working Group on Transportation Meeting, EWGT 2018
  • Location: Braunschweig , Germany
  • Date: 2018-9-17 to 2018-9-19
• Publication Date: 2019

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 314-321
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Level of service; Toll booths; Toll plazas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ordered probit models; Types of vehicles; User perceptions
• Geographic Terms: India
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01703377
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 29 2019 9:14PM