SERVICE-SENSITIVE INDICATORS FOR SHORT-TERM BUS-ROUTE PLANNING (ABRIDGMENT)

Transit performance indicators are useful means of monitoring existing systems and planning for future systems. The development of one type of transit performance indicator, a service-sensitve indicator, is discussed. The purpose of the service-sensitive indicator is to succinctly summarize the effectiveness and fairness of short-term route changes. Included in the indicator are considerations of the important performance variables perceived by riders: in-vehicle time, transfer time, walking time, waiting time, requirements to wait, and requirements to transfer. The service-sensitive indicator is applied to a case study - the improvement of transit service to the Milwaukee County Institutions Grounds, where major public medical care facilities are located. Because questions of equity are of greatest importance, the indicator is separately calculated for each of the potential rider groups. It is shown that the indicator measures the impacts of route alignment and route extensions on relevant population groups and does so without the need for extensive travel survey data. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Horowitz, Alan J
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 36-39
• Monograph Title: Bus Planning and Operations
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 798
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus lines; Equity; Performance; Performance evaluations; Routing; Time duration; Transfers; Travel time; Waiting time; Walking distance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Change; Short term
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00341795
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309032121
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 22 1981 12:00AM