Design and Evaluation of Passenger Ferry Routes

This paper introduces a planning framework for improving and best utilizing existing water and ferry resources. It presents an analysis framework and formulation for designing and evaluating passenger ferry routes. The motivation for this work emanates from problems encountered by the ferry service in Hong Kong, including the continuous loss in ferry patronage. This loss is believed to be caused by the ferry’s relatively poor level of service and intense competition from more attractive alternatives. The paper reports on an evaluation and design methodology for the entire passenger ferry network, consisting of a framework with operational objective functions that takes into account passengers, operator, and community interests. This framework considers both the evaluation of existing ferry routes and the design of new ones. The methodology presented combines the philosophy of mathematical programming approaches and decisionmaking techniques, allowing the user to select an efficient solution from a number of alternatives. The evaluation procedure established provides practical and measurable criteria for evaluating the “goodness” of each route and for comparison between sets of routes at the network level.

• Record URL:
  • http://doi.org/10.5038/2375-0901.10.1.3
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/30755822
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from the National Center for Transit Research
• Authors:
  • Ceder, Avishai
  • Sarvi, Majid
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 59-79
• Serial:
  • Journal of Public Transportation
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: University of South Florida, Tampa
  • ISSN: 1077-291X
  • EISSN: 2375-0901
  • Serial URL: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jpt/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Customer satisfaction; Decision making; Ferry service; Level of service; Passenger ships; Planning methods; Routes and routing
• Geographic Terms: Hong Kong (China)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Marine Transportation; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01050473
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 2007 7:29AM