01127236

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https://doi.org/10.3141/2111-19

http://scholar.google.com...mehl&publication_year=2009

The effects of bus line headway, schedule reliability index, and many other potential predictors on passenger waiting times were investigated. A large amount of waiting time data, including passenger-related attributes and transit system operational characteristics, was collected by direct observation and by videotaping during a 6-month period in the city of Austin, Texas. Various mathematical models were developed, and a preferred model was identified. A linear regression model that uses bus line headway as the only independent variable to predict passenger waiting times was given for transit planning purposes. A great difference between the traditional random model and the study model was examined. With the use of structural breaks on the basis of an econometric analysis approach for the first time, several insights into the numerical results were provided. An 11-min vehicle headway was identified to mark the transition from practically random to less random passenger arrivals, and all transit users can be regarded as coordinated arrivals after 38-min bus headway. The benefits of coordinated arrivals compared with random arrivals were also presented.

01145967

09-2315

English

pp 169-176

2009

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309142595

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Figures (6) ; References (25) ; Tables (4)

Arrivals and departures; Bus transit; Bus transit operations; Econometrics; Headways; Mathematical models; Passengers; Planning; Public transit; Regression analysis; Schedules and scheduling; Waiting time

Schedule reliability

Austin (Texas)

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

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 30 2009 6:40PM

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