Measuring public transport connectivity performance applied in Auckland

Bus and any other public transit connectivity issues facilitate an understanding of the importance of transit planning in enhancing existing or new transit services. Improving transit connectivity is one of the most vital tasks in transit-operations planning. A poor connection can cause some passengers to stop using the transit service. Service-design criteria always contain postulates to improve routing and scheduling coordination (intra- and inter-agency transfer centers/points and synchronized/timed transfers). Ostensibly the lack of well-defined connectivity measures precludes the weighing and quantifying of the result of any coordination effort. This work provides a methodological framework and concepts for quantifying transit connectivity measures and uses these new measures in a case study of Auckland's public transit network for possible revisions/changes.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Ceder, Avishai (Avi)
  • Le Net, Y
  • Coriat, C
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2009-1-11 to 2009-1-15
• Date: 2009-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 24p
• Monograph Title: Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting compendium of papers DVD, January 11-15, 2009, Washington, DC

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Level of service; Public transit; Scheduling; Timetables; Transportation operations
• Geographic Terms: Auckland, New Zealand
• ATRI Terms: Bus; Public transport; Scheduling; Timetable; Transport network; Transport performance
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01383977
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 4:05PM