Network Effects in Bus Transit: Evidence from Barcelona's Nova Xarxa in Spain
This paper shows that improving the structure of a bus transit network to facilitate transfers can boost and shape its demand. The idea is illustrated with data from the Nova Xarxa in Barcelona. Deployed in phases, the Nova Xarxa is shown to be attracting more demand than the network it replaces. The paper further shows that this growth is underpinned by transfers -- at the end of 2015, the percentage of trips that involved a transfer was approximately 26%, and it reached a maximum of 57% for line V7. The paper shows these numbers should increase considerably (to 44% and 66%, respectively) once the Nova Xarxa is completed in 2018. This should be compared with the percent of transfers in other existing bus systems, which ranges from 1.3% to 16%.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP025 Standing Committee on Public Transportation Planning and Development.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Badia, Hugo
- Argote-Cabanero, Juan
- Daganzo, Carlos F
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
- Date: 2017
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 15p
- Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bus transit; Networks; Transfers
- Uncontrolled Terms: Network design; Network effects
- Geographic Terms: Barcelona (Spain)
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01626045
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 17-01532
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 15 2017 5:03PM