Evaluating travel time and passenger ridership of university shuttle bus service

Poor service adherence to the scheduled timetable and less service frequency during peak hours have contributed to unreliable shuttle bus services in International Islamic University Malaysia. As a result, students use either private vehicles or walk on-campus rather than riding the shuttle buses. T...

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Main Authors: Zulkefly, Nur Syahira, Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez
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Published: Malaysian Institute of Planners 2018
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description Poor service adherence to the scheduled timetable and less service frequency during peak hours have contributed to unreliable shuttle bus services in International Islamic University Malaysia. As a result, students use either private vehicles or walk on-campus rather than riding the shuttle buses. This paper analyse travel time and passenger ridership of shuttle bus services from field surveys on journey time, running time, dwell time and passenger volume along Mahallah Ruqayyah and Mahallah Salahuddin shuttle bus routes. One of the key results on travel time indicates poor service adherence by bus service providers. In terms of passenger ridership, there was a huge gap between Mahallah Ruqayyah and Mahallah Salahuddin route where Mahallah Salahuddin has recorded a low passenger ridership even during peak hours. The findings also show that the service frequency of shuttle bus during peak hours cannot accommodate all students and therefore students either walk or use private vehicles to commute within campus area. Recommendations on the improvement of shuttle bus services are also discussed in this paper.
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spelling iium-674362019-03-05T03:15:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/67436/ Evaluating travel time and passenger ridership of university shuttle bus service Zulkefly, Nur Syahira Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez LB2300 Higher Education NA Architecture NA9053.R4 City planning Poor service adherence to the scheduled timetable and less service frequency during peak hours have contributed to unreliable shuttle bus services in International Islamic University Malaysia. As a result, students use either private vehicles or walk on-campus rather than riding the shuttle buses. This paper analyse travel time and passenger ridership of shuttle bus services from field surveys on journey time, running time, dwell time and passenger volume along Mahallah Ruqayyah and Mahallah Salahuddin shuttle bus routes. One of the key results on travel time indicates poor service adherence by bus service providers. In terms of passenger ridership, there was a huge gap between Mahallah Ruqayyah and Mahallah Salahuddin route where Mahallah Salahuddin has recorded a low passenger ridership even during peak hours. The findings also show that the service frequency of shuttle bus during peak hours cannot accommodate all students and therefore students either walk or use private vehicles to commute within campus area. Recommendations on the improvement of shuttle bus services are also discussed in this paper. Malaysian Institute of Planners 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67436/1/67436_Evaluating%20travel%20time%20and%20passenger.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67436/7/67436_Evaluating%20travel%20time%20and%20passenger%20ridership%20of%20university%20shuttle%20bus%20service_scopus.pdf Zulkefly, Nur Syahira and Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez (2018) Evaluating travel time and passenger ridership of university shuttle bus service. Planning Malaysia: Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners, 16 (3). pp. 233-247. ISSN 1675-6215 E-ISSN 0128-0945 http://www.planningmalaysia.org/index.php/pmj/article/view/514/418
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Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez
Evaluating travel time and passenger ridership of university shuttle bus service
title Evaluating travel time and passenger ridership of university shuttle bus service
title_full Evaluating travel time and passenger ridership of university shuttle bus service
title_fullStr Evaluating travel time and passenger ridership of university shuttle bus service
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating travel time and passenger ridership of university shuttle bus service
title_short Evaluating travel time and passenger ridership of university shuttle bus service
title_sort evaluating travel time and passenger ridership of university shuttle bus service
topic LB2300 Higher Education
NA Architecture
NA9053.R4 City planning
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/67436/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/67436/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/67436/1/67436_Evaluating%20travel%20time%20and%20passenger.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/67436/7/67436_Evaluating%20travel%20time%20and%20passenger%20ridership%20of%20university%20shuttle%20bus%20service_scopus.pdf