A model to assess public transport demand stability

Authors

Pablo Bass
Pedro Donoso
Marcela Munizaga

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2011

Subject Area

place - south america, mode - car, operations - reliability, planning - service quality, planning - travel demand management, mode - bus

Keywords

Public transport, Client retention, Demand modeling

Abstract

Transport authorities, especially those in developing countries where rising income stimulate increased car ownership rates, are often concerned with maintaining or increasing levels of public transport use. Therefore, the ability to identify clients at risk of abandoning the system can be valuable for remedial measures, allowing for more focused quality improvements. We present and apply a model that determines the probability of migrating from public to private transport at both aggregated and disaggregated levels. In application, the model predicted migration with 60% accuracy in the first preference recovery measure. The proposed model can improve the understanding of the behavior of public transport users, the analysis of demand stability and the factors influencing migration. This, in turn, can help to focus policy and management measures and increase the efficiency of public investment.

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

Comments

Transportation Research Part A Home Page:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Recommended Citation

Bass, P., Donoso, P., & Munizaga, M. (2011). A model to assess public transport demand stability. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Article in Press, Corrected Proof.