Space—Time Budgets, Public Transport, and Spatial Choice

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
P C Forer ◽  
Helen Kivell
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Time Budget ◽  
Policy Issue ◽  
Spatial Choice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Activity Spaces ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

This paper addresses the problem of access to urban facilities for housewives without cars, and the methodology of the Lund School is used to investigate the spatial constraints affecting access to and choice between a selected group of urban facilities in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. To do this, the characteristics of the public transport system are investigated, and time-budget data used to specify typical windows of free time during a housespouse's day. From there the potential action and activity spaces of individuals in four suburbs are delimited, and these are used in assessing the variations in access to and choice between facilities in these suburbs. Finally, the social impact of the current bus provision in the context of the social structure of the city is raised as a policy issue.

scholarly journals Challenges faced by small-bus operators in participating in the formal public transport system

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Walters ◽  
Lesiba Manamela
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Government Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
The Social ◽  
General Statistical ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Made In

Background: Small-bus operators (SBOs) in South Africa operate on the periphery of the economic mainstream of scheduled subsidised commuter transport, and little progress has been made in getting these operators into the more formal subsidised industry. There is also a lack of information about the challenges these operators face in participating in the public transport industry.Objectives of the research: The main objective of the research was to conduct a survey among SBOs to obtain a better understanding of the challenges that they face in participating in the public transport industry.Method: A telephone survey of operators was undertaken to ensure an adequate response to a structured questionnaire. In analysing the data, we made use of Factor Analysis and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to undertake general statistical analysis.Results: The main results of the survey indicate that SBOs face significant financial and operational challenges. There is also a perceived lack of government support for SBOs. Major conclusions are that the Department of Transport (DoT) ought to address issues related to the complex governmental reporting and legal requirements for small business. In addition, government ought to be creating ‘space’ for SBOs in the design of contracts and actively encouraging the formation of consortia’s or partnerships, among the SBOs and/or between SBOs and established bus companies. Government, and especially the DoT, ought to more actively market the governments’ small-business support systems and procedures together with financial aid schemes to assist SBOs in acquiring or replacing buses.

scholarly journals Level of Service Research of Public Transport Facilities: A Access of Trivandrum City

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S8) ◽  
pp. 1215-1218
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
The City

Public transportation is one of the sustainable form of transportation which provides mobility options for the people. The public transport services are very basic need of people’s lives, especially in developing world. It is the basic means for mobility of a large percent of people and hence it is the driving force of economic and social life. Quality of service, characterized by the Level-of-Service (LoS) is one of the major factors determining the demand for public transport. This study tries to determine the city-wide Level-of-Service provided by the public transport system using the service level benchmarks as a case study of Trivandrum city. The indicators for determining the Level-of-Service used in the study are presence of organized public transport system, availability or extend of public transport supply, service coverage, average waiting time, level of comfort in public transport and the fleet availability. This approach can be used to determine the LoS at the city-level and thus provides a measure for identifying the public transport quality of an urban area.

Investigating and analyzing women’s sociocultural barriers in using the public transport system in Ahvaz metropolis

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid GOODARZI ◽  
◽  
Mohammad A. FIROOZI ◽  
Omid SAEIDI
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Kriging Model ◽  
Age Group ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Library Studies ◽  
The City ◽  
Very High ◽  
High Range ◽  
Sociocultural Barriers

The present study aimed to investigate and analyze women’s sociocultural barriers in using public transport of Ahvaz Metropolis. This research is applied-theoretical in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of method. The data were collected through library studies, surveys, and interviews with citizens and experts of public transport. The ARAS decision-making method was used to rank the barriers. For zoning the barriers in Ahvaz, the interpolation kriging model in ARCGIS 10.3 software was employed. The results show that the sociocultural barriers of each age group of women are different in each public transport mode. Ranking these barriers shows that sexism looks, men's sexual looks, relatives, families, disapproval, and the drivers’ nonsense talk, respectively, are the major barriers to bus and taxi use, walking, and cycling. In addition, zoning the barriers indicated that the further one moves from north to south of the city, the greater the barriers are. A regional view of this zoning confirms that about 90% of the area of districts 4 and 8 are in the high and very high range, and 30% of district 3 is in the high range. These districts are less favourable than other districts of Ahvaz, but zone 2 is the most favourable one, as it is entirely in low and very low ranges.

scholarly journals Multi-stakeholder dialogue on formal and informal forms of public transport in Harare, Zimbabwe: Convergence or divergence perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatenda Mbara ◽  
Smart Dumba ◽  
Tapiwa Mukwashi
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Policy Dialogue ◽  
Transit System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
The City

Cities in the developing world are growing both geographically and demographically. Thisgrowth has increased pressure on services, including the public transport systems used bythe majority of people. In the last two decades public transport provision has undergoneconsiderable changes. Concomitant to these changes there has been debate on the formof public transport to be operated. Such debate has been informal, general, and at timesacademic, and therefore not able to provide substantive understanding of the views of keystakeholders. Zimbabwe has had an explosion of informal transport activity in the formof minibuses, and decision makers appear to be in a policy dilemma because of a need tostrike a balance between maximising passenger welfare whilst protecting the livelihoods ofindigenous minibus operators and striving to build an efficient and environmentally soundurban transport system. Critical questions for policy dialogue in this conundrum include,inter alia: How do stakeholders perceive the current public transport system? How can publictransport be sustainably provided? This study seeks to answer these questions using a casestudy of Harare. A qualitative research approach blended with some quantitative aspects wasused. Initial steps involved the identification and clustering of key urban public passengertransport stakeholders, followed by structured and unstructured interviews. Although thereis lack of consensus on the form of public transport that the City of Harare should adopt, thereis a strong view that a mass transit system is the backbone of sustainable public transport.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT: FUTURE CHALLENGES OF LIEPAJA` S TRAM (LATVIA)

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-28
Author(s):  
Diāna Līduma ◽  
Aija Kairēna ◽  
Inese Lūsēna-Ezera ◽  
Monta Šimkus
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Social Function ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
The Right ◽  
Selection Of

Transport has always had an important role in the lifestyle of population and development of economy, but the public transport performs mainly the social function – it works for the benefit of the society. Development and quality of services must be provided also for the public transport companies, however, we meet different problems related to infrastructure and traffic for this to happen. To successfully manage and develop a public transport company, it is essential to change the thinking of people in favour of the public transport, not for the personal transport. It is necessary to ensure the sustainability as the main value, which means selection of the right public transport system. The authors relied on the experience of formation of a unified transport system in the world and Latvia’s largest cities’ strategic vision for public transport development. Taking into account the fact that Liepaja is one the three cities in Latvia where the public transport service is provided by a tram, an empiric research was made. Its aim was to clarify the opinion of the inhabitants of Liepaja, regarding the services provided by Liepaja trams, regarding the possible improvements and necessity for development. 200 inhabitants of Liepaja were questioned within the framework of the research. The results of the research revealed that although the tram provides daily the inhabitants of Liepaja with the movement possibilities, unfortunately inhabitants are not ready yet to replace their personal transport with the public transport – tram to settle their daily problems. The results of the research allowed to conclude that future development possibilities and perspectives of the tram in Liepaja City can be related mainly with the creation of a new route, purchase of new carriages and unified public transport system in Liepaja City. Key words: availability and sustainability, Liepaja tram, public transport, social function of public transport.

scholarly journals Level of Service Test on Public Transport Facilities in Trivandrum City

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S3) ◽  
pp. 1019-1022
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Level Of Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
The City

Public transportation is one of the sustainable form of transportation which provides mobility options for the people. The public transport services are very basic need of people’s lives, especially in developing world. It is the basic means for mobility of a large percent of people and hence it is the driving force of economic and social life. Quality of service, characterized by the Level-of-Service (LoS) is one of the major factors determining the demand for public transport. This study tries to determine the city-wide Level-of-Service provided by the public transport system using the service level benchmarks as a case study of Trivandrum city. The indicators for determining the Level-of-Service used in the study are presence of organized public transport system, availability or extend of public transport supply, service coverage, average waiting time, level of comfort in public transport and the fleet availability. This approach can be used to determine the LoS at the city-level and thus provides a measure for identifying the public transport quality of an urban area.

scholarly journals Development of a City Bike System on the Example of the City of Lublin

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Caban ◽  
Agnieszka Dudziak
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Basic Data ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Noise Levels ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
The City

Abstract The insertion of a city bike that complements the public transport system in large agglomerations, and mainly in the most crowded city centers, seems to be a very good solution that can contribute to reducing air pollution and reducing noise levels. In many situations, bicycle transport can perfectly fill deficiencies in public transport, e.g. at night, on holidays and on days when buses run to a limited extent. The article presents the functioning of the city bike system in Lublin since 2014. The first part of this article presents basic data on the city bike system in Lublin together with a map of bicycle stations, followed by data on the number of rentals, rental time, number of bicycle users, etc. Selected user opinions obtained on the basis of the survey were also presented. Finally, based on the analysis, final conclusions were formulated. The city bike system is used by about 10% of the population of the city of Lublin.

Identifying and Visualizing Congestion Bottlenecks with Automated Vehicle Location Systems

2017 ◽  
Vol 2649 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Bucknell ◽  
Alejandro Schmidt ◽  
Diego Cruz ◽  
Juan Carlos Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Business District ◽  
The City ◽  
Radial Axis

Monitoring speeds and identifying problem areas are essential for any public transport system because of the direct impact on its operating costs and on users’ travel time. This study generated a tool that identified, quantified, and displayed operational bottlenecks of bus operation in a city. The model was applied to the public transport system in Santiago, Chile, which faced a steady decline in operating speed. It was possible to identify locations with the most serious problems; this factor allowed transit authorities to focus their efforts on the areas that needed it the most. In addition, it was found that problems were concentrated in certain sectors of the city, including the central business district and intersections where the radial axis roads encountered the city’s central ring road. Once a problem is identified, it is essential to conduct site visits and combine the findings of this research with other sources of information to find the cause of the problem and propose solutions.

scholarly journals PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTE NETWORK OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA’S FOR CITIES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasa Ušpalytė-Vitkūnienė ◽  
Justina Kolodinskaja
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Route Network ◽  
Network Maintenance ◽  
Sustainable Urban Mobility ◽  
The City

The city’s approach to transport management is defined by the City Master Plan and City Strategic Plan and Vilnius Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (Vilnius Sustainable Mobility Plan − SUMP, 2018), which have identified scenarios for the transportation system till 2030. A SUMP fosters a balanced development of all relevant transport modes, while encouraging a shift towards more sustainable modes. Its key objective is to design a modern, efficient, fast, comfortable and safe public transport system, comparable to those of EU capital cities. Vilnius aims to maintain an environmentally friendly public transport fleet that represents the biggest share in the city’s modal split. Still there is a problem with matching the public transport network with the fast changing urban situation. Citizen’s are moving from one part of the city to the other, that shows that is necessary to have tool helping to decide how and when to change public transport route. The aim of this research was to create the clear methodology for the public transport route network maintenance based on the main public transport route criteria’s.

scholarly journals Organization of Urban Transport Organization – Presentation of Bicycle System and Bicycle Infrastructure in Lublin

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-45
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Dudziak ◽  
Jacek Caban
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Transport Organization ◽  
Bicycle Infrastructure ◽  
Bus Services ◽  
The City

Abstract The introduction of a city bike system, which has become a complement to the public transport system in large cities and mainly in the most crowded city centers, seems to be a very good solution, which may contribute to reducing urban congestion, air pollution, and noise level. In many situations, bicycle transport can solve the deficiencies in public transport, e.g. at nights, during holidays and on days when bus services are operated to a limited extent. The article presents the functioning of the city bike system in Lublin implemented at the end of 2014, including basic information on the system, its advantages and disadvantages, as well as the existing infrastructure and development prospects.

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