Passengers’ Perceived Service Quality of City Buses in Taipei: Scale Development and Measurement
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2006
Subject Area
operations - traffic, planning - service quality, land use - urban density, place - urban, mode - bus, mode - mass transit
Keywords
Urban areas, Transportation operations, Transit, Traffic density, Time, Taipei (Taiwan), Quality, Public transit, Passengers, Motor coaches, Mass transit, Local transit, Efficiency, Buses, Accessibility
Abstract
To understand fully passengers' perceptions and expectations of the bus service quality in Taipei, business managers and governmental agencies must seek a proper scale that can reflect passengers' opinions accurately. This study develops and tests a service quality scale designed for a city bus transit system in Taipei. Churchill's paradigm and a focus group interview were combined into a multistage scale development procedure. Based on the procedure, Taipei city buses were selected as the example, for which a service quality scale was developed. The final scale contains four dimensions and 20 items. These four dimensions are 'interaction with passengers', 'tangible service equipment', 'convenience of service' and 'operating management support'. Finally, the results of scale development and the managerial applications of the service quality scale for the city transit system are discussed.
Recommended Citation
HU, K, JEN, W. (2006). Passengers' Perceived Service Quality of City Buses in Taipei: Scale Development and Measurement. Transport Reviews, Volume 26, Issue 5, pp 645-662.
