Survey Analysis for Quality Enhancement of MSRTC Bus Station - A Review Research

A Survey analysis is conducted by quality function deployment (QFD) at bus station in Amravati, INDIA to know and identify existing the demands and request of the users and to improve the quality of the service provide by MSRTC bus station in Amravati. To identify the needs of the customers the survey has been conducted by using the defined questionnaire and it was distributed to 5000 users. The responses of these surveys have been used as a feedback in the first stage of QFD. Total 20 main features and 17 sub features have been designed by considering all the aspects of public transport system. In this present study, the output of the surveys indicated that, in order to improve the quality of the public transport service, in this paper, the main focus has been given on the ticket prices and frequency of the transport system.

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Competitiveness of the public transport and car owner behavior: interrelations and contradictions in the light of sustainable development of the metropolis

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202020805005 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 208 ◽

pp. 05005

Author(s):

Irina Skorobogatykh ◽

Zhanna Musatova ◽

Roman Sidorchuk ◽

Natalia Ivashkova ◽

Petr Nevostruev

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Transport System ◽

Public Transport ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Urban Transport ◽

Transport Systems ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

The Public ◽

Public Transport System

Consistent actions taken by car manufacturers to improve the quality of vehicles make them easier to use and reduce their negative impact on the environment significantly strengthen the competitiveness of personal transport. At the same time, high investments in the development of urban transport systems (especially large ones) create conditions for the mobility of all population groups, but do not significantly affect the competitiveness of public transport. At the same time, the high competitiveness of the public transport system is a sign of the successful implementation of the concept of sustainable development of the territory, making it more attractive for tourism and stimulating its development. The study of the limitations of the analysis of the competitiveness of public transport is conducted in this article along with an analysis of the factors that influence the choice of citizens in terms of mobility for their daily tasks. The article presents the results of an empirical study of relations between Moscow residents and public transport, changes in the intensity of use of personal cars in the period 2015-2020. During this period, the transport system has undergone significant positive changes, which have affected the perception of comfort and accessibility of public transport in Moscow.

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Level of Service Research of Public Transport Facilities: A Access of Trivandrum City

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.b1041.0882s819 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2S8) ◽

pp. 1215-1218

Keyword(s):

Transport System ◽

Public Transport ◽

Public Transportation ◽

Social Life ◽

Level Of Service ◽

The Public ◽

Public Transport System ◽

Transport Services ◽

The City

Public transportation is one of the sustainable form of transportation which provides mobility options for the people. The public transport services are very basic need of people’s lives, especially in developing world. It is the basic means for mobility of a large percent of people and hence it is the driving force of economic and social life. Quality of service, characterized by the Level-of-Service (LoS) is one of the major factors determining the demand for public transport. This study tries to determine the city-wide Level-of-Service provided by the public transport system using the service level benchmarks as a case study of Trivandrum city. The indicators for determining the Level-of-Service used in the study are presence of organized public transport system, availability or extend of public transport supply, service coverage, average waiting time, level of comfort in public transport and the fleet availability. This approach can be used to determine the LoS at the city-level and thus provides a measure for identifying the public transport quality of an urban area.

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Aspects regarding the appreciation of regularity and punctuality in the public transport system from Sibiu, Romania

MATEC Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/matecconf/202134306004 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 343 ◽

pp. 06004

Author(s):

Carmen Purcar ◽

Mircea Bădescu ◽

Marinela Inţă

Keyword(s):

Transport System ◽

Public Transport ◽

The Public ◽

Public Transport System ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages

Regularity and punctuality are two very important measures for evaluating the quality of a public transport system. Several indicators can be used to estimate them, each with advantages and disadvantages. The paper comparatively describes a series of such indicators and presents a study conducted for two public transport lines in Sibiu, Romania. The study shows how, depending on the indicators used, the results show the influence of different factors.

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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE DEMAND FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN VILNIUS

Transport ◽

10.3846/16483840.2003.10414092 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 182-188 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daiva Griškevičienė ◽

Algirdas Griškevičius

Keyword(s):

Transport System ◽

Public Transport ◽

Social Insurance ◽

Central City ◽

Space Planning ◽

The Public ◽

Public Transport System ◽

Transport Services ◽

General Goals

To determine the demand for public transport on the market, a survey was conducted in 2001 — 2002 concerning the situation in the suburban zones of newly-built up districts where public transport is either inaccessible or poorly developed. The analysis was based on major social and economic factors determining the demand for transport. They are: demographic structure and development, restructuring of productive forces and space planning; employment and unemployment; income and poverty; social insurance, pensions and welfare; the household structure; income and expenditures; mobility of the inhabitants and motorization. The accessibility of transport services to passengers and the choice of transport facilities is closely related to their purchasing power. The offer of public transport services is lower than the demand, especially in the suburbs. As a result, the competition of automobiles is very strong there: the preference given to a car is determined by inaccessibility of public transport on the route for 22 % of the inhabitants, while for 20 % the reason was long way to a bus stop or large intervals in the schedule of public transport facilities. Based on the results obtained, the public transport system in Vilnius should be developed along three main lines: 1) raising the quality of public transport provided on fixed routes; 2) revising and updating the system of fares; 3) integrating the suburban public transport system into the central city transport system. These are the priority tasks associated with general goals of improving the system of public transport so that it could satisfy the needs of the passengers in the city.

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DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT: FUTURE CHALLENGES OF LIEPAJA` S TRAM (LATVIA)

Problems of Management in the 21st Century ◽

10.33225/pmc/16.11.16 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 16-28

Author(s):

Diāna Līduma ◽

Aija Kairēna ◽

Inese Lūsēna-Ezera ◽

Monta Šimkus

Keyword(s):

Transport System ◽

Public Transport ◽

Social Function ◽

The Public ◽

Public Transport System ◽

The Social ◽

Future Challenges ◽

The Right ◽

Selection Of

Transport has always had an important role in the lifestyle of population and development of economy, but the public transport performs mainly the social function – it works for the benefit of the society. Development and quality of services must be provided also for the public transport companies, however, we meet different problems related to infrastructure and traffic for this to happen. To successfully manage and develop a public transport company, it is essential to change the thinking of people in favour of the public transport, not for the personal transport. It is necessary to ensure the sustainability as the main value, which means selection of the right public transport system. The authors relied on the experience of formation of a unified transport system in the world and Latvia’s largest cities’ strategic vision for public transport development. Taking into account the fact that Liepaja is one the three cities in Latvia where the public transport service is provided by a tram, an empiric research was made. Its aim was to clarify the opinion of the inhabitants of Liepaja, regarding the services provided by Liepaja trams, regarding the possible improvements and necessity for development. 200 inhabitants of Liepaja were questioned within the framework of the research. The results of the research revealed that although the tram provides daily the inhabitants of Liepaja with the movement possibilities, unfortunately inhabitants are not ready yet to replace their personal transport with the public transport – tram to settle their daily problems. The results of the research allowed to conclude that future development possibilities and perspectives of the tram in Liepaja City can be related mainly with the creation of a new route, purchase of new carriages and unified public transport system in Liepaja City. Key words: availability and sustainability, Liepaja tram, public transport, social function of public transport.

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Level of Service Test on Public Transport Facilities in Trivandrum City

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.b1191.0782s319 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (2S3) ◽

pp. 1019-1022

Keyword(s):

Transport System ◽

Public Transport ◽

Public Transportation ◽

Social Life ◽

Level Of Service ◽

The Public ◽

Public Transport System ◽

Transport Services ◽

The City

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Establishing the Concept of Universal Functionality in Public Transport

Transport and Communications ◽

10.26552/tac.c.2019.1.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 14-20

Author(s):

Elmar Wilhelm M. Fürst ◽

Keyword(s):

Transport System ◽

Public Transport ◽

Transport Systems ◽

Target Groups ◽

The Public ◽

Transport Accessibility ◽

Public Transport System ◽

Basic Understanding ◽

User Groups

This article aims at providing a basic understanding of the important, but often neglected field of accessibility in public transport. Accessibility as an inclusive sustainable concept has the goal to enable all people to use the public transport system independently and self-determinedly. The implementation of accessible public transport directly affects different user groups. People who do not have temporary or permanent impairments will also benefit from simpler and more accessible systems. Consequently, the usability and comfort of public transport systems is raised for all persons. Therefore, the paper points out barriers and solutions for different target groups in public transport and discusses solutions for overcoming them. The paper concludes by showing how the consideration of accessibility already in the planning phase of a project can substantially reduce costs and improve the quality of the services, respectively leading also to better economic results.

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Comparative TCO Analysis of Battery Electric and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses for Public Transport System in Small to Midsize Cities

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14144384 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (14) ◽

pp. 4384

Author(s):

Hanhee Kim ◽

Niklas Hartmann ◽

Maxime Zeller ◽

Renato Luise ◽

Tamer Soylu

Keyword(s):

Fuel Cell ◽

Transport System ◽

Public Transport ◽

Transport Sector ◽

Hydrogen Fuel Cell ◽

Hydrogen Fuel ◽

Fuel Cost ◽

The Public ◽

Public Transport System ◽

Bus Body

This paper shows the results of an in-depth techno-economic analysis of the public transport sector in a small to midsize city and its surrounding area. Public battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell buses are comparatively evaluated by means of a total cost of ownership (TCO) model building on historical data and a projection of market prices. Additionally, a structural analysis of the public transport system of a specific city is performed, assessing best fitting bus lines for the use of electric or hydrogen busses, which is supported by a brief acceptance evaluation of the local citizens. The TCO results for electric buses show a strong cost decrease until the year 2030, reaching 23.5% lower TCOs compared to the conventional diesel bus. The optimal electric bus charging system will be the opportunity (pantograph) charging infrastructure. However, the opportunity charging method is applicable under the assumption that several buses share the same station and there is a “hotspot” where as many as possible bus lines converge. In the case of electric buses for the year 2020, the parameter which influenced the most on the TCO was the battery cost, opposite to the year 2030 in where the bus body cost and fuel cost parameters are the ones that dominate the TCO, due to the learning rate of the batteries. For H2 buses, finding a hotspot is not crucial because they have a similar range to the diesel ones as well as a similar refueling time. H2 buses until 2030 still have 15.4% higher TCO than the diesel bus system. Considering the benefits of a hypothetical scaling-up effect of hydrogen infrastructures in the region, the hydrogen cost could drop to 5 €/kg. In this case, the overall TCO of the hydrogen solution would drop to a slightly lower TCO than the diesel solution in 2030. Therefore, hydrogen buses can be competitive in small to midsize cities, even with limited routes. For hydrogen buses, the bus body and fuel cost make up a large part of the TCO. Reducing the fuel cost will be an important aspect to reduce the total TCO of the hydrogen bus.

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Multi-occupation segregation through London's tube network

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1177/0308518x211027172 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0308518X2110271

Author(s):

Yao Shen ◽

Yiyi Xu ◽

Zhuoya Huang

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Transport System ◽

Public Transport ◽

Social Performance ◽

Modern Society ◽

City Centre ◽

Segregation Index ◽

The Public ◽

Public Transport System ◽

Transfer Stations

As an extension of public space, the public transport system in modern society is an arena for cross-group interactions. Uncovering social segregation in public transport space is an essential step in shaping a socially sustainable transport system. Based on 2011 origin–destination flow data for London, we simulate the working flows between each pair of connected tube stations for every occupation with minimised transfer times and travelling hours and calculate the multi-occupation segregation index for all tube stations and segments. This segregation index captures the density and diversity aspects of the working population. The results demonstrate that segregation levels vary significantly across stations, lines, and segments. Transfer stations and tube segments in the city centre do not necessarily have lower levels of segregation. Those stations or segments close to a terminus can also be socially inclusive, e.g., Heathrow. Victoria is the line with the lowest levels of segregation, and Green Park is the most socially inclusive station during commuting peaks. The proposed mapping approach demonstrates the spatial complexity in the social performance of the public transport system and provides a tool for implementing relevant policy with improved precision.

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Data-Driven Analysis of Bicycle Sharing Systems as Public Transport Systems Based on a Trip Index Classification

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s20154315 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (15) ◽

pp. 4315

Author(s):

Mark Richard Wilby ◽

Juan José Vinagre Díaz ◽

Rubén Fernández Pozo ◽

Ana Belén Rodríguez González ◽

José Manuel Vassallo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Transport System ◽

Public Transport ◽

Transport Systems ◽

Mathematical Framework ◽

The Public ◽

Traffic Lights ◽

Public Transport System ◽

Specific Analysis ◽

Last Mile

Bicycle Sharing Systems (BSSs) are exponentially increasing in the urban mobility sector. They are traditionally conceived as a last-mile complement to the public transport system. In this paper, we demonstrate that BSSs can be seen as a public transport system in their own right. To do so, we build a mathematical framework for the classification of BSS trips. Using trajectory information, we create the trip index, which characterizes the intrinsic purpose of the use of BSS as transport or leisure. The construction of the trip index required a specific analysis of the BSS shortest path, which cannot be directly calculated from the topology of the network given that cyclists can find shortcuts through traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, etc. to reduce the overall traveled distance. Adding a layer of complication to the problem, these shortcuts have a non-trivial existence in terms of being intermittent, or short lived. We applied the proposed methodology to empirical data from BiciMAD, the public BSS in Madrid (Spain). The obtained results show that the trip index correctly determines transport and leisure categories, which exhibit distinct statistical and operational features. Finally, we inferred the underlying BSS public transport network and show the fundamental trajectories traveled by users. Based on this analysis, we conclude that 90.60% of BiciMAD’s use fall in the category of transport, which demonstrates our first statement.

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