Performance Analysis of Urban Public Transport Service Enterprise in Addis Ababa: Data Envelopment Analysis

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

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The orientation and mobility of visual impaired people in bus and subway networks in Brazil

Ambiente Construído ◽

10.1590/s1678-86212019000100301 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 195-208 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carolina Stolf Silveira ◽

Marta Dischinger

Keyword(s):

Focus Group ◽

Public Transport ◽

Spatial Orientation ◽

Transport Network ◽

Transport Service ◽

Accessible Information ◽

Impaired People ◽

Orientation And Mobility ◽

Urban Public Transport ◽

Public Transport Service

Abstract Spatial orientation depends both on the information available in the surrounding’s environment and on the individual's ability to perceive and deal with this information. To be fully understand by its users as a transport network and, to independently move from one place to another, the urban public transport service must be able to provide accessible information where users can easily discover and reach different, and to socially engage in local activities. In Brazil, the information disposable to users is scarce and sometimes nonexistent in the urban public transport (PT), especially regarding the supply of information to everyone. This paper presents some doctoral research’s results applied in Brazil and discuss blind users’ orientation and mobility in urban public transport network. The investigation involved around two hundred blind and partially impaired users from many Brazilian regions where surveys were conducted; additionally, interviews with a focus group and the "Accompanied Walks” method. The results of the latter are here presented, showing environmental barriers and users needs.

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