Urban Transport System Reliability Indicators

Eco-Efficiency Indicators for Urban Transport

This paper focuses on urban passenger transport eco-efficiency, which can be defined as the production of maximum benefits to society while minimising environmental impacts from urban transport’s inputs of energy and materials. Researchers have intensively studied transport’s varied environmental impacts, particularly through Life Cycle Assessment; this paper argues that primary transport energ...

Service Reliability and Urban Public Transport Design

Reliability in Urban Public Transport Network Assessment and Design

University of Technology. I am grateful to both Piet and Rob. Together they supported my research from both the theoretical and the practical point of view. Despite of the fact that combining these two aspects is a difficult task, they supported me and encouraged the progress of my research. I would like to express my appreciation to all my committee members for the time spent on reviewing my t...

The Transport-ticket System in Brazil for Urban Public Transport

The transport-ticket program was disposed at law in Brazil at end of 1985 but became compulsory for the companies only at the end of 1987.The program appeared to decrease the social tension at big cities caused by the poor functioning of the urban collective transport system, with crowd revolts and depredations. The program intends to facilitate the modernization and maintenance of quality o f ...

Right Indicators of Urban Railway System: Combination of BSC and DEA Model

With the expansion of cities and ever-increasing traffic dilemma closely connected to people’s lives, public transportation has become one the essential needs of communities. Subway because of its benefits is an important part of our lives: alleviating urban transit pressure, high safety and reliability, mass transit capacity, low energy consumption, and low price. Therefore, its performance im...