TRANSIT DWELL TIME UNDER COMPLEX FARE STRUCTURE

This paper focuses on the effect on passenger dwell time from a complicated fare structure on a bus transit system. Analysis of data collected from three routes of the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority (SEMTA) is used as a case study. SEMTA uses a zone fare system. The nine different fare types and payment methods are used to determine independent equations for the boarding and alighting times as a function of the number of passengers at a stop. These equations are compared to those found by past researchers. While the alighting times are similar, the boarding times are much less affected by the number of passengers at a stop. Using Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness-of-fit testing, the aggregate boarding and alighting times are also tested and found not to be significantly different from a lognormal distribution. The research concludes that some type of distance-based fares could be used without significantly increasing the dwell times.

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• Authors:
  • Guenthner, R P
  • Hamat, K
• Publication Date: 1988-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 367-379
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 114
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alighting; Boarding; Bus transit; Distance based fares; Fares; Travel time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Zone
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus transportation (Intracity)
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00469529
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE Paper 22421
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 31 1988 12:00AM