01551738

Component

https://doi.org/10.3141/2535-02

Provision of real-time passenger information (RTPI) increasingly is becoming a fundamental element of the service offered by transit agencies. RTPI changes how travelers perceive public transport services and can have a remarkable influence on travel choices and, consequently, system performance. Such consequences depend on the objectives pursued by the riders and the characteristics of the transit service. The existing knowledge about transit RTPI is extended by studying the decision-making process of bus passengers in the presence of multichannel descriptive and prescriptive real-time information. The use of different kinds of information, decision-making objectives, travel choices, and their associations (which define classes of travel choice behavior) was investigated by conducting a survey of passengers on Lothian Buses in Edinburgh, Scotland. Descriptive RTPI also was accessed before traveling and influenced decisions about route choice above all. The analysis demonstrated that RTPI was associated with more flexible behavior and that classes of behavior were well defined. Results emphasize the importance to transit agencies of providing RTPI that is tailored to customers. The development of models including the effects of RTPI is recommended to assess its impact on system performance.

01594382

15-1100

English

pp 15–24

2015

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309369510

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Figures (1) ; References (36) ; Tables (3)

Bus transit; Decision making; Passengers; Real time information; Route choice; Transit riders; Traveler information and communication systems; Web applications

Edinburgh (Scotland)

Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 30 2014 12:26PM

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