scholarly journals A Grid-Based Spatial Analysis for Detecting Supply–Demand Gaps of Public Transports: A Case Study of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Apantri Peungnumsai ◽  
Hiroyuki Miyazaki ◽  
Apichon Witayangkurn ◽  
Sohee Minsun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Lorenz Curves ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport Service

Public transport service has been promoted to reduce the problems of traffic congestion and environmental impacts due to car dependency. Several public transportation modes are available in Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) such as buses, heavy rails, vans, boats, taxis, and trains while in some areas have fewer modes of public transport available. The disparity of public transport service negatively impacts social equity. This study aims to identify the gaps between public transport supply and demand and to demonstrate introduced indicators to assess the public transport performance incorporating transport capacity and equilibrium access aspects. Supply index was used to evaluate the level of service, and the demand index was applied to estimate travel needs. Furthermore, the Lorenz curves and the Gini coefficients were used to measure the equity of public transport. The results highlight that more than half of the BMR population is living in low-supply high-demand areas for public transportation. Moreover, the equitable access analysis has identified that the high-income population has better access to public transport than the low-income population. The results suggest that public transport gaps and equity indicate the inclusiveness of public transportation, as well as to the areas where to improve the public transport service. Thus, the methodology used in this study can be applied to another city or region similar to BMR.

scholarly journals Perceptions of the Public Transport Service as a Barrier to the Adoption of Public Transport: A Qualitative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Ramos ◽  
Paula Vicente ◽  
Ana M. Passos ◽  
Patrícia Costa ◽  
Elizabeth Reis
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ethnographic Interviews ◽  
Public Transport Service

This article presents the outcomes of a qualitative study involving users of public transportation in the metropolitan area of Lisbon in order to obtain a deeper understanding of attitudes towards public transport and to explore perceptions of the public transport service. It is important to know what people think and feel about public transport so that strategies can be designed to attract people to public transport. Ethnographic interviews and focus group discussions were conducted to identify factors that potentially influence people’s perceptions and determine their satisfaction, or dissatisfaction with the public transport service. The key findings suggest that public transport usage would increase if the level of service was brought in line with users’ expectations; more specifically, there should be a better connection between inter-modal options, more compliance with timetables, and a more appropriate response to users’ needs.

scholarly journals Overweight and Obesity among Workers of the Public Transportation Service of Lima

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-159
Author(s):  
Lizandra Quichua ◽  
Diana C. Trejo ◽  
Marlene R. Basilio ◽  
Juan Morales
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Excess Weight ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport Service

Background: Excess weight is a public health problem and has a negative impact on health. Objective: To determine the frequency of excess weight and its associated factors among workers of the public transport service in Lima. Methods: This was an observational, cross-sectional, and descriptive study. Workers of public transport service companies were considered as the study population. The study variable was excess body weight, which included overweight and obesity. For its determination, the Body-Mass Index (BMI) was used. Results: A total of 238 workers of both sexes participated in the study. The median age was 39 years (interquartile range: 47-32). Of the sample, 93.7% (n=223) were male, 63.4% (n=151) were between 30 and 49 years of age, 67.6% (n=161) worked in the driver's position, and the rest worked as ticket collectors. According to BMI, 81.1% (n=193) had excess weight, of which 44.1% (n=105) corresponded to the overweight and 37% (n=88) to the obesity category. Only 18.9% (n=45) of the sample were in the normal range. Excess weight occurred in a higher proportion among workers belonging to the age group of 30 to 49 years (p=0.002), in cohabiting and or married people (p=0.006), and in bus drivers (p=0.003). Conclusion: The workers of the public transport service in Lima have a very high prevalence of excess weight. It is higher than the national average. The factors associated with excess weight were the following: age group between 30 and 49 years, marital status, and working as a driver. It requires a sanitary intervention in the family and the workplace.

Descriptive Evaluation in the Public Transport Service—A Study About of the Satisfaction of Customers

2019 ◽  
pp. 73-82
Author(s):  
Júlio Cesar Valandro Soares ◽  
Agenor Sousa Santos Neto ◽  
Mayara Alves de Souza ◽  
Vitória Barros Brandão ◽  
Amanda Mendonça de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport Service

scholarly journals ORIGIN-DESTINATION-BASED PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE GAP

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-4/W9 ◽  
pp. 283-290
Author(s):  
M. Lee ◽  
H. Nam ◽  
C. Jun
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Spatial Unit ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Smart Card Data ◽  
Data Limitations ◽  
Service Gap ◽  
Public Transport Services ◽  
Public Transport Service

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> There are some studies that analyze public transport service gap by region from comparing supply and demand. However, due to data limitations, previous studies were limited in subdividing region-based service gap by Origin-Destination (O-D). This study analyzes the gaps of public transport services based on O-D, a micro spatial unit. The data used in this study include timetable of public transport and smart card data stored with transportation used records of individual users. The supply index presented in this study is based on O-D travel time considering for temporal fluctuation. And the demand index is explained in terms of actual traffic of O-D. The proposed methodology is applied to Seoul metropolitan city and the analysis for identifying service gap is conducted along major time periods of a day. Visualization is performed on some O-D pairs that require improvements in supply relative to demand. The areas where disparities in service exist were identified.</p>

scholarly journals A simulation model in evaluating the resilience of urban public transport service during the flood disaster

2018 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 04020
Author(s):  
Yossyafra ◽  
Ingrid Haryana B ◽  
Yessi Ferdina
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Flood Disaster ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Public Transport Services ◽  
Public Transport Service

Flood disaster in the urban area can have an impact on the transport of people, goods, and animals. It will certainly result in the disruption of public transportation activities because the road and utilities are probably cannot be passed by vehicles. The objective of the research is to contribute to the analytical basis related to urban public transport services resilience evaluation during the flood. The simulation model is based on the assumption that the primary objective of an urban public transport service during a flood disaster is to continue serving passengers on a predefined service corridor. An example of the application and analysis of this simulation model, simulated for three floods condition, i.e. the first is a high flood prediction that may occur in Padang city (based on The Padang City Development Planning document) and two floods that hit in the year 2016 and 2017. These simulations showed that urban public transport service in Padang city is relatively vulnerable to flood disaster. Lesson learned here have implication for urban public transport services. An interesting outcome of this simulation model has obtained the deviation of urban public transport service route during the flood. There are many parameters that affect the resilience of urban public transport services in the face of floods, and these parameters could be a topic for future research

Experience and Reference of Implementing Public Transport Priority Strategy Dominated by Urban Rail Transit in Tokyo

2014 ◽  
Vol 505-506 ◽  
pp. 813-819
Author(s):  
Bin Ya Zhang ◽  
Hao Yue ◽  
Shuai Wang
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Paper Analysis ◽  
Urban Rail Transit ◽  
Rail Transit ◽  
High Population Density ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Urban Rail

Urban public transportation is the main effective way to solve the problem of increasingly congested city ground traffic, and public transport priority is the important guarantee to realize the way. Due to the short domestic history, there are problems to be solved in the respects of on the implementation of "public transport priority" in specific operation method, implementation measures and matters needing attention etc. Some oversea cities with high population density and serious traffic congestion have made some exploration in public transport priority development whose experiences are worthy of reference. Tokyo, the typical oversea city, has been selected out by this paper. Analysis has been down on the issue of the experiences and achievement of Tokyo in implementing the public transport priority strategy which is donated by urban rail transit, and experiences are summed up. On the basis of it, some suggestions have been proposed for the implementation of China's large cities public transport priority strategy.

Research on the Public Transport Integration of Major Western Region Cities – A Case Study on Bus Connection with Subway Line 6 in Chonqing

2012 ◽  
Vol 610-613 ◽  
pp. 3809-3813
Author(s):  
Ling Hong Wei ◽  
Hong Yang Wu ◽  
Huan Li
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Network Optimization ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Optimization Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Passenger Volume

The major western cities of China are beginning to suffer the growing traffic congestion problems, which eastern cities of China has experienced. Learn lessons from eastern cities on traffic issues as soon as possible, dealing with the diversified modes of public transportation problem of convergence effectively, providing condition for integration development of urban public transport in the west is the main goal in this paper. This paper takes Subway transit Line 6 in Chongqing as a bus connection example. On the basis of passenger volume forecast, integrated public transport optimization theory and method are used to study Chongqing subway transit Line 6 along the feeder site optimization program , it can provide the theoretical foundation and technical support for the public transport network optimization of Chongqing.

scholarly journals Analysis on the Travel Characteristics of Sharing Bikes Connected with Different Types of Public Transportation Stations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohua Yu ◽  
Xiaohui Wang ◽  
Yanna Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Feature Extraction ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Extraction Method ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Feature Extraction Method ◽  
The Public ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Bike Sharing ◽  
Land Types

In order to better solve the problem of unbalanced supply and demand of connected shared bikes, this paper takes shared bikes as the research object, analyzes the usage characteristics of connected bikes in different types of public transport stations, and puts forward a data-based feature extraction method of shared bikes. Firstly, the usage data of shared bikes were collected, and the starting and finishing points were decoded. The public transport stations were divided into five typical types according to the decoded longitude, latitude and surrounding land types. Secondly, the connectivity activity, connectivity distance and user loyalty are put forward as the characteristic indicators of bike-sharing travel. Finally, taking the bicycle data of Chaoyang District of Beijing as an example, the travel characteristic indexes of shared bikes are analyzed. The results show that, as the “last kilometer” travel connecting tool of public transport, the peak of the use of shared bikes connecting residential stations is 6:30 to 9:30, and that of other stations is 7:30 to 9:30. The connecting distance of shared bikes is generally less than 2km, but the connecting distance of office sites can reach 3km, and this site has the highest user loyalty.

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