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Preferential measures are designed and implemented to improve transit performance and level-of-service. The combination of priority, operational and control measures can contribute to improved bus services that are often coined buses with high level of service (BHLS). The performance and benefits of implementing such measures should be systematically evaluated in order to support transport planners and operators. The authors present an evaluation framework and a detail sequence of steps for quantifying the impacts of transit preferential measures. The effects of service performance on travel times and costs are assessed by accounting for relations between reliability and waiting times, crowding and perceived travel times, and vehicle scheduling and operational costs. The evaluation integrates the implications of reliability on generalized passenger travel costs and operational costs. A field experiment in Stockholm, Sweden, where a series of measures were implemented on the busiest bus line is used as a case study for applying the proposed evaluation framework. The results suggest that the societal benefits amount to 47 million Swedish crowns on an annual basis, predominantly attributed to passenger time savings. The overall assessment of the impacts of preferential measures enables the comparison of different implementations, assess their effectiveness, prioritize alternative measures and provide a sound basis for motivating investments.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP010 Standing Committee on Transit Management and Performance.

01584066

16-0458

English

19p

2016

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Benefits; Bus priority; Case studies; Costs; Evaluation; Level of service; Public transit; Travel time

Stockholm (Sweden)

Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-0458

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 12 2016 4:21PM