Comparative evaluation of public transport systems

The study focuses on the public transportation systems provided in three different cities: Singapore, Melbourne and Adelaide. Trip details and public transport systems' attributes were recorded in travel diaries. A comparative study was conducted to identify major similarities and characterist...

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Main Authors: Bachok, Syahriah, Paiman, Tuminah, Mohd Maksid, Noor Hafiza, Yaacob, Noor Alyani, Abdul Razak, Sarah, Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/2299/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2299/1/Bachok100213.pdf
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author Bachok, Syahriah
Paiman, Tuminah
Mohd Maksid, Noor Hafiza
Yaacob, Noor Alyani
Abdul Razak, Sarah
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
author_facet Bachok, Syahriah
Paiman, Tuminah
Mohd Maksid, Noor Hafiza
Yaacob, Noor Alyani
Abdul Razak, Sarah
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
author_sort Bachok, Syahriah
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description The study focuses on the public transportation systems provided in three different cities: Singapore, Melbourne and Adelaide. Trip details and public transport systems' attributes were recorded in travel diaries. A comparative study was conducted to identify major similarities and characteristics of the public transport systems from the perspective of different user types namely: frequent travellers and first time users. It was found that after the second trips, most of the first time users were getting familiarized with, among others, the ticketing and routing systems. Qualitative evaluation of seven characteristics of public transport systems was undertaken. Elements such as routes, stations and platform identifications, feeder services coverage, number of transfer or interchanges, seamless transfer or interchanges experiences, single or integrated ticketing systems, existence of free city-circle services, complementary versus competitive feeder services and differences of completing trips for familiar routes or destinations compared to trips for unfamiliar routes or destinations were recorded, transcribed and assessed so as to distinguish the variations of trip making processes between first time users and frequent travellers.
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spelling iium-22992021-07-27T14:02:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2299/ Comparative evaluation of public transport systems Bachok, Syahriah Paiman, Tuminah Mohd Maksid, Noor Hafiza Yaacob, Noor Alyani Abdul Razak, Sarah Mohamed Osman, Mariana TA1001 Transportation engineering (General) The study focuses on the public transportation systems provided in three different cities: Singapore, Melbourne and Adelaide. Trip details and public transport systems' attributes were recorded in travel diaries. A comparative study was conducted to identify major similarities and characteristics of the public transport systems from the perspective of different user types namely: frequent travellers and first time users. It was found that after the second trips, most of the first time users were getting familiarized with, among others, the ticketing and routing systems. Qualitative evaluation of seven characteristics of public transport systems was undertaken. Elements such as routes, stations and platform identifications, feeder services coverage, number of transfer or interchanges, seamless transfer or interchanges experiences, single or integrated ticketing systems, existence of free city-circle services, complementary versus competitive feeder services and differences of completing trips for familiar routes or destinations compared to trips for unfamiliar routes or destinations were recorded, transcribed and assessed so as to distinguish the variations of trip making processes between first time users and frequent travellers. 2011 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2299/1/Bachok100213.pdf Bachok, Syahriah and Paiman, Tuminah and Mohd Maksid, Noor Hafiza and Yaacob, Noor Alyani and Abdul Razak, Sarah and Mohamed Osman, Mariana (2011) Comparative evaluation of public transport systems. In: 9th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, 19-23 June, 2011, Jeju, Korea. http://www.easts.info/
spellingShingle TA1001 Transportation engineering (General)
Bachok, Syahriah
Paiman, Tuminah
Mohd Maksid, Noor Hafiza
Yaacob, Noor Alyani
Abdul Razak, Sarah
Mohamed Osman, Mariana
Comparative evaluation of public transport systems
title Comparative evaluation of public transport systems
title_full Comparative evaluation of public transport systems
title_fullStr Comparative evaluation of public transport systems
title_full_unstemmed Comparative evaluation of public transport systems
title_short Comparative evaluation of public transport systems
title_sort comparative evaluation of public transport systems
topic TA1001 Transportation engineering (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/2299/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2299/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2299/1/Bachok100213.pdf