Factors and mechanism affecting the attractiveness of public transport: Macroscopic and microscopic perspectives

C Zhang, M Wang, J Dong, W Lu, Y Liu… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Enhancing the attractiveness of public transport is a key objective for transit agencies that
seek to achieve sustainable urban mobility. This study identifies the key factors that affect the …

[HTML][HTML] Definition of planned and unplanned transfer of public transport service and user decisions to use routes with transfers

S Chowdhury, AA Ceder - Journal of Public Transportation, 2013 - Elsevier
In the literature, there is a lack of clarity on attributes that classify a planned transfer as being
a connection designed by policy makers and public transport network planners. This calls for …

The equity and spatial implications of transit fare

J Zhou, M Zhang, P Zhu - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Availability of new open/big data (NOBD) such as smartcard and General Transit Feed
Specification data has provided unprecedented opportunities for transit planners and policy …

Improvement in direct bus services through route planning

HK Suman, NB Bolia - Transport Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Improvement in directness of bus services, ie, without intermediate transfers, can be a key
leverage to incentivize the use of bus transport across cities worldwide. Thus, there is a clear …

Economic and distributional effects of different fare schemes: Evidence from the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona

A Matas, JL Raymond, A Ruiz - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the ability of alternative fare system designs to change the modal-share
of public transport use, as well as their corresponding impact on company revenues …

The integration of multimodal networks: The generalized modal split and collaborative optimization of transportation hubs

Y Cai, J Chen, D Lei, J Yu - Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated transportation is one of the most important methods to encourage the modal shift
from car to public transportation (PT). However, as most cities have an existing multimodal …

Role of gender in the ridership of public transport routes involving transfers

S Chowdhury - Transportation Research Record, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Globally, transport authorities are investing to improve the quality of public transport (PT)
services by developing integrated networks. The success of these networks relies on …

Assessment of campus bus service efficacy: an application towards green environment

R Hashim, S Haron, S Mohamad, F Hassan - Procedia-Social and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Environmental issues on public transport and greening the campus for sustainability have
been the priorities for Malaysian public universities, particularly in ensuring the efficiency …

Examining the association between bus transit reliability and the number of boarding passengers

LS Jayanthi, SS Pulugurtha, R Mishra - Public Transport, 2023 - Springer
The focus of this study is to examine the association between bus transit reliability and the
number of boarding passengers at bus-stop level using data obtained from the Charlotte …

Perception of potential bus users and impact of feasible interventions to improve quality of bus services in Delhi

HK Suman, NB Bolia, G Tiwari - Case Studies on Transport Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
This work suggests possible recommendations that can make bus transport (BT) more
attractive and thus enable shifting of potential users from private motor vehicles (PMVs) to …