Highlights ► The article evaluates the implementation of express bus service, exclusive bus way, transit single priority, articulated buses, and smart card system. ► This combination led to a 10.5% decline in run time along the limited stop service. ► The regular route run time has increased by 1% compared to the initial situation. ► Riders are generally satisfied with theses service improvements and tend to overestimate the time savings.
Abstract Transit agencies implement many strategies in order to provide an attractive transportation service. This article aims to evaluate the impacts of implementing a combination of strategies, designed to improve the bus transit service, on running time and passenger satisfaction. These strategies include using smart card fare collection, introducing limited-stop bus service, implementing reserved bus lanes, using articulated buses, and implementing transit signal priority (TSP). This study uses stop-level data collected from the Société de transport de Montréal (STM)’s automatic vehicle location (AVL) and automatic passenger count (APC) systems, in Montréal, Canada. The combination of these strategies has lead to a 10.5% decline in running time along the limited stop service compared to the regular service. The regular route running time has increased by 1% on average compared to the initial time period. The study also shows that riders are generally satisfied with the service improvements. They tend to overestimate the savings associated with the implementation of this combination of strategies by 3.5–6.0min and by 2.5–4.1min for both the regular route and the limited stop service, respectively. This study helps transit planners and policy makers to better understand the effects of implementing a combination of strategies to improve running time and passenger’s perception of these changes in service.
Understanding the impacts of a combination of service improvement strategies on bus running time and passenger’s perception
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice ; 46 , 3 ; 614-625
2011-11-29
12 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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