COVID-19 and public transport demand trends in Sicily: analyzing external factors and governmental recommendations

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Socrates Basbas
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
National Government ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Restricted Mobility ◽  
Hierarchical Scale

The year 2020 has brought changes in transport services and travel demand globally due to restrictions related to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in public transport. The present work focuses on Sicily (Southern Italy). Through the elaboration and administration of an online questionnaire, a sample of 700 regular public transport users was characterized from a socio-demographic point of view, identifying their travel habits, and their opinion on governmental and public transport company initiatives. Eight (8) national government strategies were evaluated on a Likert scale, and ten (10) pandemic mitigation factors were assessed in different phases of the pandemic, highlighting which of these factors were most preferred by the sample on a hierarchical scale. The results lay the groundwork for identifying critical challenges when dealing with such severely restricted mobility conditions and suggesting improvements for public transport agencies and local authorities.

scholarly journals Understanding Users’ Satisfaction Towards Public Transit System in India: A Case-Study of Mumbai

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Rahul Das
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Public Transit ◽  
Sampling Bias ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Transit System ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Developing Cities

In this work, we present a novel approach to understand the quality of public transit system in resource constrained regions using user-generated contents. With growing urban population, it is getting difficult to manage travel demand in an effective way. This problem is more prevalent in developing cities due to lack of budget and proper surveillance system. Due to resource constraints, developing cities have limited infrastructure to monitor transport services. To improve the quality and patronage of public transit system, authorities often use manual travel surveys. But manual surveys often suffer from quality issues. For example, respondents may not provide all the detailed travel information in a manual travel survey. The survey may have sampling bias. Due to close-ended design (specific questions in the questionnaire), lots of relevant information may not be captured in a manual survey process. To address these issues, we investigated if user-generated contents, for example, Twitter data, can be used to understand service quality in Greater Mumbai in India, which can complement existing manual survey process. To do this, we assumed that, if a tweet is relevant to public transport system and contains negative sentiment, then that tweet expresses user’s dissatisfaction towards the public transport service. Since most of the tweets do not have any explicit geolocation, we also presented a model that does not only extract users’ dissatisfaction towards public transit system but also retrieves the spatial context of dissatisfaction and the potential causes that affect the service quality. It is observed that a Random Forest-based model outperforms other machine learning models, while yielding 0.97 precision and 0.88 F1-score.

scholarly journals CUSTOMER PERCEPTION OF SERVICE QUALITY IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Transport ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragana Grujičić ◽  
Ivan Ivanović ◽  
Jadranka Jović ◽  
Vladimir Đorić
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Travel Behaviour ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
System Quality ◽  
The Public ◽  
Analysis Process

This paper presents the research and analysis process showing that transport system customers have a specific perception of service quality, as an indicator of transport system. Determining satisfactory level of service quality implies knowledge of travel demand and travel behaviour. There are a lot of elements that define the transport system quality. The goal of this paper is to identify the public transport system’s service quality elements that should be primarily acted on, in order to increase the level of service quality from transport system users’ (public transport users’ and non-users’) point of view, with minimal investment. The paper describes a specifically defined research methodology for determining service quality elements that should be primarily acted on, from the transport system users’ point of view. Methodology involves the use of Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) which is upgraded with the state preferences analysis. Presented methodology, which is used to determine user perception of service quality, can be considered to be universal. This methodology can be applied in other cities, with additional research that must precede its use. The methodology was tested on transport system users in Belgrade.

Assessment of the quality of passenger service by urban transport

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Passenger Transportation ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
The Government

The intensification of public transport in urban areas due to increased mobility at the regional and state levels, discrepancies between urban areas with the same population and the lack of statistics related to the efficiency and quality of public transport services are the main factors of our work. It is necessary to draw boundaries between the quality of services and the performance indicators of the public transport system. The quality of services is the subjective result of many intangible variables. The quality of service can be approached from four sides: from the point of view of the passenger, the performance of the vehicle, the specialized passenger transportation company, and the Government. Accessibility, comfort and convenience-these are the main indicators that should be evaluated by the population as having high ratings for the good quality of urban transport services. The tool used to collect the data is the preference survey. Keywords: service quality, public transport, evaluation, efficiency, methods, passenger, survey

scholarly journals A Trial-and-Error Toll Design Method for Traffic Congestion Mitigation on Large River-Crossing Channels in a Megacity

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2749
Author(s):  
Xinyuan Chen ◽  
Yiran Wang ◽  
Yuan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Large River ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Transport Services

In this study, we addresse traffic congestion on river-crossing channels in a megacity which is divided into several subareas by trunk rivers. With the development of urbanization, cross-river travel demand is continuously increasing. To deal with the increasing challenge, the urban transport authority may build more river-crossing channels and provide more high-volume public transport services to alleviate traffic congestion. However, it is widely accepted that even though these strategies can mitigate traffic congestion to a certain level, they are not essential approaches to address traffic congestion. In this study, we consider a channel toll scheme for addressing this issue. Additional fares are applied to private vehicles, that an appropriate number of private vehicle drivers are motivated to take public transport or switch to neighboring uncongested river-crossing channels. To minimize the toll surcharge on both neighboring channels, while alleviating the traffic flow to a certain level, in this study, we provide a bi-objective mathematical model. Some properties of this model are discussed, including the existence and uniqueness of the Pareto optimal solution. To address this problem, a trial-and-error method is applied. Numerical experiments are provided to validate the proposed solution method.

scholarly journals Investigating Potential Transit Ridership by Fusing Smartcard and Global System for Mobile Communications Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 2652 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin de Regt ◽  
Oded Cats ◽  
Niels Van Oort ◽  
Hans van Lint
Keyword(s):  
Data Fusion ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Temporal Variations ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
Global System ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Potential Demand

The public transport industry faces challenges in catering to the variety of mobility patterns and corresponding needs and preferences of passengers. Travel habit surveys provide information on overall travel demand as well as its spatial variation. However, that information often does not include information on temporal variations. By applying data fusion to smartcard and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) data, researchers were able to examine spatial and temporal patterns of public transport usage versus overall travel demand. The analysis was performed by contrasting different spatial and temporal levels of smartcard and GSM data. The methodology was applied to a case study in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to analyze whether the current service span is adequate. The results suggested that there is potential demand for extending public transport service on both ends. In the early mornings, right before transit operations are resumed, an hourly increase in visitor occupancy of 33% to 88% was observed in several zones, showing potential demand for additional public transport services. The proposed data fusion method was shown to be valuable in supporting tactical transit planning and decision making and can easily be applied to other origin-destination transport data.

scholarly journals Proximity Indexing of Public Transport Terminals in Metro Manila

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4216
Author(s):  
Krister Ian Daniel Roquel ◽  
Raymund Paolo Abad ◽  
Alexis Fillone
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Multimodal Transport ◽  
Metro Manila ◽  
Public Transport Services

Despite the extensive transit network in Metro Manila, intermodal connections between public transportation services are still fragmented. In response, authorities proposed various multimodal transport terminals around the periphery of the metropolis. However, there is a need to understand how these proposed terminals will impact existing transportation infrastructure and services as well as the current travel demand. This paper proposes a method that quantifies the nearness of any subject to any metric of interest, or in this case, the location of the terminal based on its proximity to existing transit supply and demand at different points in the transport network. It involves a simple methodology that requires only the spatial distribution of relevant transport planning data (e.g., public transport services, public transport passenger activity). It was found that the spatial distribution of the transport terminals in the study area is more closely related to the transit supply. Using the same methodology, several potential locations in Metro Manila (e.g., central terminal, terminal along a major junction) were assessed to see whether these are viable sites for a multimodal terminal. One scenario configuration was found to be better integrated with where trips start and/or end, while another seemed to improve integration of the existing railways.

scholarly journals Suburban Public Transport Network Optimization and Operation Strategy of the New Bus Station in Bratislava

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Car Traffic ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Bus Station ◽  
Bus Service ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

This article presented is aimed at identifying opportunities to improve the attractiveness of public transport, particularly that of the suburban bus service, thus providing for its precedence over individual car traffic in the city of Bratislava and its agglomeration in the Bratislava region. The subject is oriented to the impact of proposed changes in the transport operation and organisation from regional public transport point of view to the area adjacent to the city centre, especially in terms of the significant position of Mlynské Nivy Bus Station (MN Bus Station) which is now under complete rebuilding. The solution is shown how id possible to be a part of the integrated public transport services and the mylne zmýšľajúca competition among the operators especially state against private ones. Using the suburb lines as an express bus service on the area of the city is one of the possibility to operate pravisdelne during the all days in the city and not only to cover the rush hours.

scholarly journals MPK Krakow quality services – assessment of the qualitative components that are most important from the passenger’s point of view

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Ewa Brożyna
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Transport Services

This article raises a subject of quality of transport services in public transport. The author presented in it the results of her research conducted among passengers of Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne S.A. in Kraków, which showed that the level of passengers’ satisfaction of the quality of this communication is almost good (the average score was 3.61 in the five-point scale of assessments). The research allowed to acquire knowledge about the perception of the quality of MPK Kraków services by passengers and provided practical tips and suggestions regarding the directions of actions that can be taken to improve the quality of transport services at MPK Kraków. The research has been divided into two parts. Part of the research discussed in this article concerns aspects of quality most important from the point of view of the average passenger: frequency of running, punctuality of running, convenience, cost of travel and safety.

scholarly journals Analysis of Public Transport Services with Various Criteria

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Marek Braniš ◽  
Matej Šulík ◽  
Jakub Takacs ◽  
Tibor Schlosser
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Car Traffic ◽  
Capacity Limit ◽  
Key Issues

AbstractWith the current worldwide trend of increasing individual car traffic in urban road networks, public transport has become one of the key issues for the sustainable future of transport in cities, especially when the level of automobilization is growing rapidly. Many cities are already at the capacity limit of an existing road network. Therefore, many cities are trying to solve the question of how to improve the existing systems of public transport to become more attractive for their citizens. The quality of the public transport service from a passenger’s point of view is not only about the number of links and their occupancy, but also about the time and distance availability of stops and stations. When we were creating the general master plan for one small Slovak town, we tried to take various criteria into account. Of course, it was also necessary to carry out traffic surveys to determine the occupancy of public transport systems, but equally important was to determine the isochrones and isodistances of the passengers. The lessons learned and complications that arose from the preparation and realization of the actual analysis of the results in the creation of the general master plan are set out in the contribution.

THE DEVELOPMENT AND SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE PROGRAM OF MEASURES ON IMPROVEMENT OF ORGANIZATION OF TRANSPORT SERVICE OF THE POPULATION IN THE METROPOLIS

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (26) ◽  
pp. 91-95
Author(s):  
D. A. Smirnov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Systematic Study ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Road Network ◽  
System Development ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
The City

The article reveals the content of measures to improve the organization of transport services in the metropolis. The key directions of the city transport system development are considered. The analysis of the offered offers is carried out. Keywords: metropolis, transport development, public transport, street and road network.

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