Preliminary notes In situations when in the street network there are no separate areas for the movement of public transport vehicles, traffic conditions influence their operation and efficiency. This paper studies the influence of the volume-to-capacity ratio on the disturbance of public transport headway. The research has been conducted on a segment of the roadway network, in the area of Novi ...

This paper investigates the efficiency of urban public transport systems in China by a data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach. Based on the data from 652 China cities in 2004 and 2006, we find that the efficiency of overall urban public transport system is relatively low but with a sign of improvement from 2004 to 2006. The urban public transport systems in east coast, south coast and middle ...

Due to population growth in urban areas, especially in the capital cities in developing countries, the use of private vehicles are increasing, leading to many problems such as congestion, pollution, noise, long travel time, high travel cost and more side effects. In such circumstances government policy would encourage people to use public transportation. In the meantime, employing the Intellige...

This paper concerns the problem of decision making on the selection of public transportation modes. The problem is formulated through sustainability indicators and the objective framework is based upon AHP-TOPSIS. In this research, the city of Isfahan (Iran) is our case study. The definition of different points of view was developed through interviews to stakeholders, experts in transportation ...

This paper examines the opinions of newcomers and visitors to the public transportation system in Dublin. The motivations for this research were twofold. First, tourism is very important to the Irish economy and, as such, it is important that visitors to Dublin can use the public transport system. Second, by asking visitors what the think of the public transport system available in comparison t...

Releaving traffic congestion by developing public transport as an alternative mode of travel is a common practice all over the world. However, the increasing public transport subsidies have created a financial burden for governments. Encouragingly, private capital supplies an opportunity for public transport in sustainable finance. Previous research mainly focuses on qualitative analysis and mo...

The OV-Chipcard, the Dutch national public transport smartcard, can provide public transport operators and authorities extensive information regarding the behaviour of smartcard owners. However, this information is limited to the data generated between check-in and check-out and contains little to no information regarding public transport users’ travel behaviour outside this ‘checked trip’. In ...

To mitigate car traffic problems, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) issued a document that provides guidelines for sustainable development and promotion of public transport. The efficiency policies strategies needs to be evaluated improve performance transportation networks. assess transport network, it is first necessary select evaluation criteria. Based on existing i...

Public transport plays an important role in our society which is characterized by mobility, individuality, comfort and ecological constraints. It is common opinion that public transport offers a high level of comfort but lacks individual flexibility compared to individual transport. While navigation systems and other context-aware services enhance the feeling of self determination for car drive...