Predicting the probability distribution of bus travel time to measure the reliability of public transport services

L Ricard, G Desaulniers, A Lodi… - … Research Part C …, 2022 - Elsevier
An important aspect of the quality of a public transport service is its reliability, which is
defined as the invariability of the service attributes. In order to measure reliability during the …

Modeling distributions of travel time variability for bus operations

Z Ma, L Ferreira, M Mesbah… - Journal of Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bus travel time reliability performance influences service attractiveness, operating costs, and
system efficiency. Better understanding of the distribution of travel time variability is a …

Bus travel time reliability analysis: a case study

X Qu, E Oh, J Weng, S Jin - … of the Institution of Civil Engineers …, 2014 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The travel time reliability of buses has become increasingly important for public transit
companies. In this study, a novel approach is proposed to evaluate and analyse the travel …

Modeling bus travel time reliability with supply and demand data from automatic vehicle location and smart card systems

ZL Ma, L Ferreira, M Mesbah… - Transportation Research …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Travel time reliability is an important aspect of bus service quality. Despite a significant body
of research on private vehicle reliability, little attention has been paid to bus travel time …

Using survival models to estimate bus travel times and associated uncertainties

Z Yu, JS Wood, VV Gayah - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2017 - Elsevier
Transit agencies often provide travelers with point estimates of bus travel times to
downstream stops to improve the perceived reliability of bus transit systems. Prediction …

Forecasting travel time reliability in urban road transport

M Juhász, T Mátrai, C Koren - Archives of Transport, 2017 - archivesoftransport.com
Assessment of travel time reliability as a fundamental factor in travel behaviour has become
a very important aspect in both transport modelling and economic appraisal. Improved …

A closed-form estimation of the travel time percentile function for characterizing travel time reliability

Z Zang, X Xu, C Yang, A Chen - Transportation Research Part B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Travel time reliability (TTR) has received great attention in the past decades. The majority of
TTR measures rely on the travel time percentile function as a basic element for performance …

Time reliability measures in bus transport services from the accurate use of automatic vehicle location raw data

B Barabino, M Di Francesco… - Quality and Reliability …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Archived automatic vehicle location (AVL) data are widely used in bus transportation, but
typically contain anomalies, such as missing data points and unseen bus overtakings. These …

[HTML][HTML] Review on statistical modeling of travel time variability for road-based public transport

B Büchel, F Corman - Frontiers in Built Environment, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Accurately modeling the travel time of road-based public transport can help directly improve
current passenger service and operating efficiency. Moreover, it paves the way for control of …

Public transport experienced service reliability: Integrating travel time and travel conditions

E Jenelius - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2018 - Elsevier
The paper proposes a generalization of public transport service reliability, incorporating both
travel times and travel conditions based on passengers' perceived journey time. Time is …