In the year 2000, the government of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, undertook a major transformation of its public transport system. A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system named Transmilenio was implemented modifying the organizational scheme of service delivery, raising the level of service, and ultimately affecting travel behavior. This thesis studies the changes in travel behavior resulting from the introduction of the new mode and some of the impacts whereby induced. In particular it studies the competition between the traditional buses operating in mixed traffic and the BRT. The main result is that traveling conditions have improved substantially which is reflected in the reduction of the burden associated with traveling. This is demonstrated by the lower value of time found for BRT in comparison to the existing mode. This thesis studies the consequences of these changes in terms of the future growth of the system and the fare for public transportation. In addition, it looks at the extent to which the new mode has modified the fundamental drivers of travel behavior in the city.


    Zugriff

    Download


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Bus rapid transit : impacts on travel behavior in Bogotá


    Beteiligte:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2003


    Format / Umfang :

    103 pages


    Anmerkungen:

    Thesis (M.C.P. and S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2003.
    "February 2003."
    Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-103).


    Medientyp :

    Hochschulschrift


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch






    Applicability of TransMilenio Bus Rapid Transit System of Bogotá, Colombia, to the United States

    Cain, Alasdair / Darido, Georges / Baltes, Michael R. et al. | Transportation Research Record | 2007


    TransMilenio: A High Capacity-Low Cost Bus Rapid Transit System Developed for Bogota, Colombia

    Sandoval, E. E. / Hidalgo, D. / American Society of Civil Engineers et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2004