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Title:

Network Effects in Bus Transit: Evidence from Barcelona's Nova Xarxa in Spain

Accession Number:

01626045

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

This paper shows that improving the structure of a bus transit network to facilitate transfers can boost and shape its demand. The idea is illustrated with data from the Nova Xarxa in Barcelona. Deployed in phases, the Nova Xarxa is shown to be attracting more demand than the network it replaces. The paper further shows that this growth is underpinned by transfers -- at the end of 2015, the percentage of trips that involved a transfer was approximately 26%, and it reached a maximum of 57% for line V7. The paper shows these numbers should increase considerably (to 44% and 66%, respectively) once the Nova Xarxa is completed in 2018. This should be compared with the percent of transfers in other existing bus systems, which ranges from 1.3% to 16%.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP025 Standing Committee on Public Transportation Planning and Development.

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-01532

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Badia, Hugo
Argote-Cabanero, Juan
Daganzo, Carlos F

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Network design; Network effects

Geographic Terms:

Barcelona (Spain)

Subject Areas:

Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-01532

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 10:30AM