AUTOMATED AND PASSENGER-BASED TRANSIT PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Operational performance measures of a transit system are often best expressed in terms of the passenger. These include measures of productivity per passenger trip or per passenger mile, measures of crowding or seat capacity, and measures of on-time performance or schedule adherence. At the Bay Area Rapid Transit, detailed operational data are available daily as a by-product of automation, which saves considerable manual data collection. A computer program to use these data to produce operational performance measures is described. The program runs daily to allow schedulers to allocate vehicles accurately, which yields energy and maintenance savings, and for ongoing analysis of delays. Passenger-based delay measures are produced that have hitherto been unavailable.

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• Authors:
  • Buneman, Kelvin
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: pp 23-28
• Monograph Title: Transit research developments
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 992
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Data collection; Operations; Performance; Quality of service; Rapid transit; Traffic assignment; Traffic delays
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Uncontrolled Terms: Performance indicators
• Old TRIS Terms: Operating strategies
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451172
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309038014
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM