scholarly journals ASSESING THE BUCHAREST’S PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK BY USING THE QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT TOOL

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Ruxandra DINULESCU ◽  
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Alexandru-Mihai BUGHEANU ◽  
Adina-Liliana PRIOTEASA ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Quality Function ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Public Transport Services ◽  
Qfd Method ◽  
Bus Transport

The Bucharest public transport networks need to establish innovative strategies in order to improve their overall service quality. Therefore, in order to accomplish this objective, the current study will evaluate public transport customer demands applying the Quality Function Deployment (QFD). Furthermore, the research aims to highlight user requirements and to evaluate an appropriate strategy to improve the current public transport services. Thus, for determining the users’ satisfaction, a survey with a sample of 175 respondents was carried out, and the outcomes of the survey were used as input data for defining the QFD method. The objective of this paper is to present the public bus transport users’ demands, as well as alternatives to improve the main weakness noticed in the bus transportation system. In addition, the article will present a short review of the literature and the research methodology for the QFD. The key findings of this study will focus on presenting, based on the QFD methodology, the main projects that need to be started, in order to improve a part of the main users’ dissatisfaction regarding the public bus network.

Indore City Bus Transport Service (B)

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
G Raghuram ◽  
Satyam Shivam Sundaram ◽  
Himanshu Patni
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Madhya Pradesh ◽  
Maintenance Cost ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
City Bus ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Public Transport Services ◽  
Bus Transport

Towards the end of 90s, mounting losses forced Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (MPSRTC), the sole provider of public transport in Madhya Pradesh, to suspend their urban services. As a consequence, organized public transport services ceased to exist in Indore, the largest metropolitan city of the state of Madhya Pradesh. This void was filled by Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) consisting of minibuses, tempos and auto rickshaws. As of January 2004, 300 private minibuses, 150 tempos, and 10,000 auto rickshaws were plying as IPT, but with poor service levels. Lack of public transport was a catalyst for rapid increase in personalized vehicles, and high level of pollution and accidents. Worried over the rapid growth of personalized vehicles, and high levels of pollution and accidents in Indore, policy makers and administrators had made several attempts of reviving the public transport system in the city. In 2005, the Collector and District Magistrate of Indore decided to make another attempt of reviving the public transport. The two cases, Indore City Bus Transport Service (A) and Indore City Bus Transport Service (B) discuss the complexity involved in the planning, rolling out, and running of public transport services in Indore on a sustainable basis. Case (A) details the prevalent socio-economic condition, travel characteristics, and positions taken by various stakeholders on provisioning of public transport service in Indore as of November 2005. Case (B) discusses the challenges during the growth and operation of the services as of June 2008. Unprecedented rise in crude oil prices along with (i) increase in maintenance cost of buses, price of new buses, and bank interest and (ii) decrease/marginal increase in the fare box revenue (more people were shifting to passes) and advertisement revenue depleted the margin of the operators. The fares had not been increased since the launch of services in February 2006. It was clear that Indore City Transport Service Limited (ICTSL), the SPV created to run the transport system, would survive only if operators were able to survive. The readers have to take the position of the board of ICTSL and consider various options available to them for running the services on a sustainable basis.

Indore City Bus Transport Service (A)

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
G Raghuram ◽  
Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Madhya Pradesh ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
City Bus ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
The City ◽  
Public Transport Services ◽  
Bus Transport

Towards the end of 90s, mounting losses forced Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (MPSRTC), the sole provider of public transport in Madhya Pradesh, to suspend their urban services. As a consequence, organized public transport services ceased to exist in Indore, the largest metropolitan city of the state of Madhya Pradesh. This void was filled by Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) consisting of minibuses, tempos and auto rickshaws. As of January 2004, 300 private minibuses, 150 tempos, and 10,000 auto rickshaws were plying as IPT, but with poor service levels. Lack of public transport was a catalyst for rapid increase in personalized vehicles, and high level of pollution and accidents. Worried over the rapid growth of personalized vehicles, and high levels of pollution and accidents in Indore, policy makers and administrators had made several attempts of reviving the public transport system in the city. In 2005, the Collector and District Magistrate of Indore decided to make another attempt of reviving the public transport. The two cases, Indore City Bus Transport Service (A) and Indore City Bus Transport Service (B) discuss the complexity involved in the planning, rolling out, and running of public transport services in Indore on a sustainable basis. Case (A) details the prevalent socio-economic condition, travel characteristics, and positions taken by various stakeholders on provisioning of public transport service in Indore as of November 2005. The readers have to conceptualize the transport system for the city and take the position of the Collector and District Magistrate of Indore to prepare a note that would be submitted to the state cabinet for their approval. Case (B) discusses the challenges during the growth and operation of the services as of June 2008.

scholarly journals Will Bus Subsidy in Indonesia Sustainable?

2019 ◽  
Vol 280 ◽  
pp. 04016
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nanang Prayudyanto ◽  
Muiz Thohir ◽  
Stefan Belka
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Mode Share ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Motor Vehicle Use ◽  
The Right ◽  
Public Transport Services

The subsidies for public transport entails a controversial discussion on the pros and cons. On one hand mode share of public transport will decrease with increasing income levels towards private motor vehicle use. Intention of this paper is to prove that subsidy plays important role in the public transport operation and business. However such subsidy is not recover he needs to carry out the sustainable urban transport in the future. Government and private partner should create a systematic subsidy targeted for the right modes, that having sustainable achievement. This paper is structured to answer to what extent the effectiveness of government subsidies for the development of public transport services.

scholarly journals Heuristic Optimization Approach to Selecting a Transport Connection in City Public Transport

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jozef Kul’ka ◽  
Martin Mantič ◽  
Melichar Kopas ◽  
Eva Faltinová ◽  
Daniel Kachman
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Heuristic Optimization ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Solution Focused ◽  
Bus Transport

AbstractThe article presents a heuristic optimization approach to select a suitable transport connection in the framework of a city public transport. This methodology was applied on a part of the public transport in Košice, because it is the second largest city in the Slovak Republic and its network of the public transport creates a complex transport system, which consists of three different transport modes, namely from the bus transport, tram transport and trolley-bus transport. This solution focused on examining the individual transport services and their interconnection in relevant interchange points.

scholarly journals The Influence of the Place of Residence on the Behavior and Transport Preferences of the Inhabitants of the Agglomeration

2019 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 163-178
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Grzelec ◽  
Romanika Okraszewska
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Rail Transport ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Main Determinant ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transport Behavior ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Administrative Units ◽  
Public Transport Services ◽  
Selection Of

Transport behaviors and preferences have an impact on modal split, which is why they should form the basis for shaping the public transport offer. Achieving the goals of sustainable mobility requires taking into account differences in transport behavior and preferences characterizing residents from different areas of the agglomeration. Analyzing differences in behaviors and preferences, the possibilities and limitations resulting from the mass character of public transport services and the fact that the main determinant of the offer is the space determined by displacements in the source-target relation should be taken into account. This article identifies differences in transport behavior and preferences of residents based on the center and suburbs of the Gdańsk agglomeration. At the same time, a preliminary attempt was made to explain the causes of specific differences in residents’ behavior and transport preferences, taking into account the limited volume ofpublication. The share of public transport in the implementation of travel decreases with the distance of the area of   residence from the center of the agglomeration. The increase in the share of rail transport in travel affects the increase in the importance of waiting time and the lack of change as a decisive factor in the selection of cars in trips. Transport preferences are strongly diversified in individual areas. Differences are noticeable even in the center areas constituting separate administrative units.

scholarly journals Public transport strategy: Minimal service vs. competitor to the car

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1275-1294
Author(s):  
Cecília Silva ◽  
Catarina Cadima ◽  
Nayanne Castro ◽  
Aud Tennoy
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Added Value ◽  
European Regulation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Planning Support ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Support Tools ◽  
Public Transport Services

With regard to public policy for public transport services, two dominant approaches are found: the provision of minimal services to the car-less population, or the provision of a service that competes directly with the car (in terms of time, cost, convenience, etc.). Increased acknowledgement of the need to mitigate traffic growth and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has led to a growing need to shift from the former to the latter, encouraging the use of public transport. This paper sets out to explore whether competitiveness with the car is a priority for the public transport planning of medium-sized European cities, as well as whether the change in European regulation (European Commission, 2007) has managed to contribute to the acceptance of this priority. In this study, we take a closer look at a country undergoing significant regulatory and procedural transformations. An exploratory analysis is conducted regarding plans, actions, and development projects in recent years in four Portuguese municipalities. Relevant planners and transport authorities are interviewed on matters such as how local policies and plans favor public transport; how the planning process was implemented; the actors involved; and the support tools used to achieve the established goals. The findings reveal that relative competitiveness of public transport is considered important by planning practitioners. Nevertheless, other concerns seem to be more timely, such as, providing minimal services, restructuring existing networks, and budget constraints. The results suggest that changes in the planning process have been overwhelming and are seen as restricting the steps required toward making public transport more competitive vis-à-vis the car. So far, local authorities recognize the potential of adding relative competitiveness concerns in the future, as well as the added value of planning support tools capable of revealing such relative competitiveness.

scholarly journals Analysis of the functioning of the Berlin – Brandenburg Union of Communication (Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg, VBB)

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 22-29
Author(s):  
Kamil Pędziwiatr ◽  
Joanna Sokół
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Older People ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Small Children ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Current State ◽  
Reduced Mobility ◽  
The City ◽  
Public Transport Services

The article presents the meaning and the current state of functioning in the Berlin area – Brandenburg (Germany) Union of Communication. The paper is focused on the problem of eliminating barriers by implementing innovations in public transport for passengers with reduced mobility, such as disabled, but also older people, pregnant women, people with small children, large luggage or obese. These innovations are intended not only to increase the availability of public transport for these groups of users, but also to respect their human rights to live with dignity. Practical solutions are based on the city of Berlin, with an average of 3,8 million passengers per day on the public transport services.

scholarly journals The Analysis and Evaluation Assessment of Safety of Selected Types of Exploitation Systems Means of Transport / Analiza i Ocena Porównawcza Bezpieczeństwa Działania Wybranych Typów Systemów Eksploatacji Środków Transportowych

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-208
Author(s):  
Łukasz Muślewski ◽  
Piotr Bojar ◽  
Łukasz Muciok ◽  
Michał Lewalski
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Safe Operation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Public Transport Services

Abstract In a situation of increasing the supply of means of individual transport and not capable of following the development of infrastructure, an important issue is the issue of ensuring adequate levels of efficiency, safety and the competitiveness of the operation of the exploitation of public transport services. Factors affecting the safe operation pending exploitation systems of vehicles, in a differentiated way affect the level of safety provided services in smaller cities - up to 100 thousand inhabitants, with respect to the cities which are agglomerations of more complex structure, which are cities the number to 500 thousand inhabitants. This paper attempts to analyze and evaluate the safety of the operation of the public transport services exploitation, on the basis of the same assessment criteria, comparing two different sized urban areas.

Modal Mismatch and Accessibility Gap in Dhaka using a Time of Day Based Approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 036119812097239
Author(s):  
Paromita Nakshi ◽  
Anindya Kishore Debnath
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Autocorrelation ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Spatiotemporal Variations ◽  
Policy Perspective ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Formal Arrangement ◽  
Public Transport Services

Transport accessibility is an area of growing global attention among transportation planners and policymakers. This paper aims to portray spatiotemporal variations of car and public bus accessibility in the context of a city in a developing country: Dhaka, Bangladesh. The public bus system in Dhaka is characterized by a semi-formal arrangement which means there is a lack of available data, for example, General Transit Feed Specification, which poses great difficulties in the study of accessibility. Given these limitations, we have presented the concept of major destinations to analyze spatiotemporal accessibility based on the simple understanding that trip purposes, time of day, and trip destinations are interlinked in an urban area, and different locations would attract a different number of trips based on the time of day. Using a spatial autocorrelation approach, we identified the statistically significant destination clusters in Dhaka by peak and off-peak hours. We measured accessibility to the major destinations using a cumulative opportunity-based metric followed by estimation of the Modal Accessibility Gap (MAG). The findings indicated that, regardless of the trip origins and time of day, dependence on public transport puts the users in a substantially disadvantageous position. From the policy perspective, we have suggested the introduction of a formal public transport system in Dhaka, particularly targeting the traffic analysis zones with higher MAG. Such an approach would lead to better resource usage while providing enhanced public transport services for both peak and off-peak hours and limiting dependence on cars.

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