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The present study investigates the determinants of vehicle dwell time at public transport facilities. Using data collected from an on-board Automatic Passenger Counting system of the light rail network of the French city of Nantes during a long period, the study derives statistical models enabling the identification of cause and effect relationships of a number of attributes on the dwell time and its reliability. The results confirm the significance of the boarding and alighting passenger volumes, as well as of the on-board passenger loading, on the dwell time. Additional effects on dwell time are also found from the vehicle type (low- or high-floor), from the time of the day (peak, off-peak, inter-peak), and from the location of the stop (city centre, proximity to Points of Interest). Also, it is found that operations are not symmetrical and dwell times tend to be higher in one direction of the same line. Finally, the results suggest that dwell time reliability is lower for stations located further from the starting terminal, or for stations located in the city centre.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP075 Standing Committee on Light Rail Transit. Alternate title: Analysis of Dwell Time and Reliability in Urban Light Rail Systems

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16-6200

English

14p

2016

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Maps; References; Tables

Boarding and alighting; Dwell time; Light rail transit; Passenger counting; Passenger volume; Reliability; Urban transit

Nantes (France)

Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-6200

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 12 2016 6:44PM