Assessing Transit Level of Service Along Travel Corridors: Case Study Using the "Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual"

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2005

Subject Area

operations - capacity, operations - frequency, operations - service span, planning - service quality, ridership - commuting, place - urban, mode - mass transit

Keywords

Working hours, Work days, Urban areas, Travel time, Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual, Transit, Service quality, Service frequency, Service coverage, Quality of service, Public transit, Passenger service quality, Mass transit, Local transit, Level of service, Journey time, Hours of service (Work hours), Hours of labor, Case studies

Abstract

This paper describes a case study of applying the recent edition of the Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual (TCQSM) to evaluate the quality of transit service on several travel corridors in an urbanized area. The study focuses mainly on four level-of-service (LOS) measures: service frequency, hours of service, service coverage, and transit–auto travel time. Assumptions are introduced to extend these measures, which are intended for a particular element of a transit system—such as stops and route segments—so that they become applicable for measuring the quality of transit service of travel corridors. An extensive case analysis indicates that all LOS measures are sensitive to various transit planning variables and can be easily calculated with readily available data. The research has also identified a range of issues with the current TCQSM methodology.

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