Utah Transit Authority's Connection Protection System: Perceptions of Riders and Operators

The effectiveness of Utah Transit Authority's (UTA) Connection Protection (CP) system was evaluated from the perspective of riders and operators. The CP system was installed to improve the reliability of transfers from higher frequency light rail TRAX trains to lower frequency bus services. The evaluation determined that overall satisfaction among riders with their connection experience was generally high, but operator opinion on the value of CP was mixed. The level of reported rider satisfaction was only weakly related to whether the bus trip was CP protected and bus operators reported receiving a high number of unnecessary CP messages. Several factors were considered to have affected the results of the evaluation, including CP malfunction during the survey, low operator compliance for"hold until" messages, and the existence of inaccurate "hold until" messages. The qualitative evaluation findings gave rise to a number of suggestions for how the CP system could be improved.

• Record URL:
  http://doi.org/10.5038/2375-0901.8.3.4
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Cluett, Chris
  • Jenq, Jeffrey H
  • Saito, Mitsuru
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 73-87
• Serial:
  • Journal of Public Transportation
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: University of South Florida, Tampa
  • ISSN: 1077-291X
  • EISSN: 2375-0901
  • Serial URL: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/jpt/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Light rail transit; Operators (Persons); Passenger service; Perception; Qualitative analysis; Reliability; Ridership; Transfers
• Identifier Terms: Utah Transit Authority
• Uncontrolled Terms: Connection protection system (Public transit); Effectiveness
• Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01004221
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 22 2005 6:44PM