Methodology to determine service delivery levels for public transportation
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2016
Subject Area
place - asia, planning - service level, planning - service improvement, mode - bus, ridership - perceptions
Keywords
Bus transit, service delivery levels, Level-of-Service, user satisfaction level, zone of tolerance, total utility, marginal utility
Abstract
When designing transit services, the Level-of-Service concept has been widely used by transport planners and service providers to assess the service quality of an existing transit system. In addition to the service quality assessment, service providers also need to estimate the service levels that will satisfy a maximum number of users and potential users, across all socio-economic groups, so as to maximize patronage. This paper demonstrates a method using the concept of ‘user satisfaction levels’ and their ‘zone of tolerance’, along with total utility and marginal utility for service providers, to provide a range of service delivery levels for individual transit service attributes in the city of Kolkata. This range of service levels provides a guideline for service providers within which they can consider making an improvement in service level. However, the final decision on service improvement is an outcome of both financial and infrastructural feasibility.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Taylor&Francis, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Das, S., & Pandit, D. (2016). Methodology to determine service delivery levels for public transportation. Transportation Planning and Technology, Published online: 12 Jan 2016.
