COMFORT FACTORS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON BUS AND RAIL DEMAND. TRAVELLER VALUES, MODELS AND FORECASTS FOR LOCAL WORK TRIPS

KOMFORTENS BETYDELSE FOER SPAAR- OCH BUSSTRAFIK. TRAFIKANTVAERDERINGAR, MODELLER OCH PROGNOSER FOER LOKALA ARBETSRESOR

Comfort and convenience of public transport services may be of importance for the attractiveness of the public transport system. Demand forecasts rarely consider such aspects, at least not explicitly. The aim of this study is to clarify what comfort factors (often called soft factors) that are of importance, and how they influence travellers' mode choice. The discussion on these matters have partially been related to the so called "rail factor", meaning that rail borne systems have some intrinsic comfort factor. Therefore, both bus and rail systems have been studied in this project. The study has been limited to work trips in the county of Stockholm. The methodology used in the project can be described as follows: 1) Open discussions (focus groups) have been held with different traveller categories. The results have been used to identify factors and how to describe them in the subsequent survey; 2) mail back survey, including attitudinal questions and choices. The attitudinal questions imply a rating of different factors with regard to their importance and how well they are supplied. The choices consist of choosing between different travel options, where the options differ in fare and comfort; 3) analysis of the attitudinal questions, for example in the form of a gap analysis, showing the relationship between importance and satisfaction of different factors; 4) analysis of choices. A statistical analysis, using logit models, is undertaken. The relative importance of different factors is shown, specifically the relationship to fare (willingness to pay; and 5) impact on forecasts. The relationship between different factors is used to implement the effects of different comfort factors in the SAMPERS forecasting models. In this way, the impact on demand for public transport has been calculated for different scenarios. (A) The report is available as a PDF file: http://www.vinnova.se/publ/pdf/vr-01-08.pdf.

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  FRITZES KUNDTJAENST

  STOCKHOLM,   Sweden  SE-106 47
• Authors:
  • Olsson, C
  • Widell, J
  • ALGERS, S
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 75p+a p.
• Serial:
  • VINNOVA RAPPORT
  • Issue Number: 2001:8
  • Publisher: FRITZES KUNDTJAENST
  • ISSN: 1650-3104

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Buses; Comfort; Consumer preferences; Forecasting; Interviewing; Light rail transit; Mode choice; Passenger trains; Public transit; Subways; Traffic congestion; Travel demand; Travel time; Trip length; Work trips
• ITRD Terms: 2267: Attitude (psychol); 287: Attractiveness (transp); 1272: Bus; 9138: Comfort; 632: Congestion (traffic); 132: Forecast; 9147: Interview; 697: Journey time; 621: Journey to work; 1275: Passenger train; 744: Public transport; 1284: Tram; 1191: Underground railway
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00967699
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 13 2004 12:00AM