PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN THE HISTORICAL CENTER OF QUITO
Quito, the capital of Ecuador, has recently experienced a 12% growth in its activities, and the demand for bus transportation has increased correspondingly. In 1985-1986, this city was served by 81 bus lines. Large buses accounted for 79% of the fleet, and small buses accounted for 21%. The bus system in Quito was owned and operated by 36 different organizations, companies, and individuals. About 900 buses per hour entered the historical center of Quito. About 95% of the buses traveled on routes that circulated through the historical center, even though it was the destination of only about 35% of the bus users. In addition, bus schedules did not match the actual fluctuation in user demand, resulting in increased operating costs and time delays. Bus stops were not always in convenient or safe places, and the bus drivers did not always load and unload passengers at assigned bus stops. The bus fleet was old, the buses were usually overloaded, and travel in such conditions was uncomfortable. Finally, the planning and monitoring of route assignments were not carried out properly. The operations of the 36 bus groups were poorly coordinated, and scheduling was not sufficiently sensitive to changes in the demand for bus transportation. Among the solutions adopted were the following improvements: (a) planning, organizing, and managing the public transportation system; (b) regulating traffic and parking; and (c) improving the signalization and local intersections. Only simple and economic solutions were considered.
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- This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1266, Urban Public Transportation Research 1990. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Greenstein, Jacob
- Berger, Louis
- Strulov, Amiram
- Publication Date: 1990
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- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: p. 205-209
- Monograph Title: Urban public transportation research
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1266
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus stops; Bus transit; Improvements; Management; Planning; Reliability; Traffic congestion
- Geographic Terms: Quito (Ecuador)
- Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Bus transportation (Intracity); Low costs
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00602760
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309050189
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Dec 31 1990 12:00AM