scholarly journals Service quality of the urban public transport companies and sustainable city logistics

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Chocholac ◽  
Dana Sommerauerova ◽  
Jaroslava Hyrslova ◽  
Tomas Kucera ◽  
Roman Hruska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Customer Care ◽  
Urban Public Transport

AbstractThe issue of sustainable city logistics has steadily been developed over the last decades. Urban public transport companies can make a significant contribution to the concept of sustainable city logistics. The customers’ perception and satisfaction regarding urban public transport companies can be associated with the increased use of their services. The preference for urban public transport reduces the use of individual car transport, which is linked to the environmental pillar of sustainability. For the customers, the level of the provided service is very important. The article is focused on the evaluation of the outcomes from the primary research concerning the service quality performed by the urban public transport companies in the Hradec-Pardubice residential agglomeration. The goal lies in identifying gaps in service quality. The method used in this article is representative primary research. The primary research was carried out in the form of structured personal interviews with a representative sample of respondents. Selected statistical methods were used to evaluate the data. The results are discussed in the context of published research studies. Research in this article found that respondents are more satisfied with the quality of services performed by the urban public transport companies, but the perception of individual service quality factors varies from one user group to another. The research also confirms a different perceptions regarding customer care and comfort by different age groups of respondents. The article implies that public transport companies should pay attention to setting fare prices for different groups of passengers.

Does the service quality of urban public transport enhance sustainable mobility?

2018 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 1566-1587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Guglielmetti Mugion ◽  
Martina Toni ◽  
Hendry Raharjo ◽  
Laura Di Pietro ◽  
Samuel Petros Sebathu
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Urban Public Transport

scholarly journals Commuters’ Perceptions on Service Quality of Bus Rapid Transit Systems: Evidence from the Cities of Ahmedabad, Surat and Rajkot in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (ET.2020) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Mahesh L. Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Rapid Transit ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Transit Systems ◽  
Time Of Travel

Urban public transport is gaining significant importance in today’s world. This is evident from the fact that it has found its place in United Nations Development Programme’s Sustainable Development Goals in the eleventh goal pertaining to ‘Sustainable cities and communities’. The competitiveness of the cities largely depends on the robustness of their transport systems. In India there has been huge spending on the public transport projects in cities across the country. Ahmedabad, Surat and Rajkot from Gujarat, India have been the beneficiaries of these investments. Capturing the demand side quality of services is very important for such projects and hence the attempt has been made to study whether the commuters’ perceptions on quality of services of Bus Rapid Transit systems vary across different demographic cohorts. There are nine demographic cohorts used for the study. SERVPERF model has been adopted to study the performance of Bus Rapid Transit systems in the said citied. The performance is evaluated over the six factors namely; tangibles, empathy, cleanliness, reliability, safety and affordability. It has been found that Surat tops among the three cities followed by Rajkot and Ahmedabad on various service quality factors. Also commuters’ perception towards quality of service dimensions vary across demographic cohorts like gender, time of travel, education, employment status, length of patronization and purpose of trip.

scholarly journals ANÁLISE DE PERCEPÇÃO QUALITATIVA DO TRANSPORTE PÚBLICO: UM ESTUDO DE CASO NA CIDADE DE BELÉM/PA

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Bentes Kato ◽  
Bernardo Macêdo Bordalo ◽  
Tiago Da Silva Camelo
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Transport System ◽  
Urban Public Transport

RESUMO: Com base nos indicadores de qualidade do sistema de transporte coletivo urbano em Belém - PA, medidos pela opinião dos usuários, esta pesquisa analisa a qualidade do sistema de transporte coletivo realizado por ônibus em um sistema não integrado. Por meio da aplicação de uma pesquisa de opinião com uma amostra dos usuários e, levantamento de critérios de qualidade do serviço, essa pesquisa analisou o grau de percepção de qualidade desse meio de transporte, tendo como referencial básico, parâmetros utilizados na biografia já publicada. Por meio da análise dos resultados determinou-se o nível do serviço ofertado pelas empresas operadoras do transporte coletivo em Belém. Fornecendo, assim, um diagnóstico a respeito da qualidade deste serviço que pode servir de subsídio na formulação de políticas públicas que visem melhorar o transporte público urbano em Belém - PA. ABSTRACT: Based on the quality indicators of the urban public transportation system in Belém – PA, measured by the opinion of users, this research analyses the quality of public transport system of the bus modality, in a non-integrated model. Through the application of a opinion survey, with a sample of the users and the determination of service quality indicators, this research analyzed the level of user perception about the quality of the service provided by this typology of transport, taking as a reference for the development of this research, parameters used in the published biography. Through the results analysis, it was determined the service quality level offered by the public transport companies in Belém. Thus, the main contribution of this research is to provide a data base for public policy formulation allowances to improve urban public transport in Belém – PA.

Pengaruh Kualitas Pelayanan Terhadap Kepuasan Pelanggan di Kantor Perusahaan Umum Badan Urusan Logistik Kota Sampit Kabupaten Kotawaringin Timur

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Masrukin Masrukin ◽  
Hermanto Hermanto
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Error Rate ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Statistical Test ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Public Company

Customer satisfaction is influenced by service quality factors, this study aims to find out and analyze how much influence the quality of service on customer satisfaction is felt by customers who use the service of Poor Rice (Raskin) at the Office of Public Companies Logistics Agency (Perum BULOG) in Sampit City Regency East Kotawaringin. The research method used in this study is the method of observation, questionnaire/questionnaire and documentation using a Likert scale and the method of determining the sample used is the error rate of 5% as many as 213 samples. Testing the hypothesis used is a statistical test with the formula "Product moment person". The results showed that there was a very strong correlation between Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction of the Office of Public Company of the Logistics Affairs Agency (Perum BULOG) in the District of East Kotawaringin. As much as 0.9968514278 based on the calculation of Pearson Product Moment value.

THE QUALITY OF HOTEL PERFORMANCE (The Effectiveness and Efficiency)

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 145-160
Author(s):  
Ivanka Avelini Holjevac ◽  
Ana Marija Vrtodušić
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Quality Management Systems ◽  
Customer Care ◽  
Hotel Performance ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

Service quality has been a major preoccupation of the hospitality industry throughout the 1980s and the early 1990s. Quality management systems have been clearly identified as a means of increasing the professionalism and social competence of staff, while developments such as customer care programs and quality teams have produced notable improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency. Starting from the main economic goal of making profit in each enterprise, it is necessary to measure and to evaluate effectiveness and efficiency. The aim of this paper is to emphasize the importance and necessity of measuring two aspects of the quality of business success: effectiveness (hotel market success) and efficiency (hotel economy). The paper defines effectiveness and efficiency as well as key ratios for measuring and evaluating those two aspects of quality of business success.

Identifying the gaps between customer expectations and perceptions on service quality dimensions of Islamic banks in Malaysia

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafikul Islam ◽  
Selim Ahmed ◽  
Dzuljastri Abdul Razak
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Customer Expectations ◽  
Banking Service ◽  
Significant Difference

Purpose – This paper aims to identify the gaps and differences between customer expectations and perceptions on service quality of Islamic banks in Malaysia based on six dimensions of service quality, namely, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, tangibles and Islamic Shari’ah compliance. Design/methodology/approach – This study surveyed 179 customers who have first-hand experience with Islamic banking services in Malaysia. The research data were analysed using reliability analysis, independent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance. Findings – The results indicated that customers’ perceptions failed to meet their expectations on the service quality of Islamic banks in Malaysia. The results also indicated that those customers (respondents) aged below 30 years have higher expectations on empathy from the Islamic banking service compared to other age groups. However, there is no significant difference between customer expectations and perceptions of Islamic banking service quality based on educational background and occupation. Research limitations/implications – This research focused solely on Islamic banks in Malaysia and thus the results might not be applicable for other conventional banks. Originality/value – The findings are expected to provide guidelines for enhancing the satisfaction level of clients of the Islamic banking system in Malaysia and other countries.

Measuring Relative Effectiveness of Service Quality Factors Affecting Quality of Higher Education in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-46
Author(s):  
Anshuman Kaler
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Input Quality ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education

The existing competitive environment in the education sector in India has forced higher education institutes to adopt ‘students as a customer' approach in educational delivery. The extant literature supports seven dimensions of service quality namely input quality, curriculum, academic facilities, industry interaction, interaction quality, support facilities, and nonacademic processes. The objective of the study was to measure the relative effectiveness of service quality factors as perceived by the Indian students. Focus group interviews were conducted with a group of technical and management students. Stratified judgmental sampling was used for the data collection. In the current study, it was observed that the factor of program quality plays a more dominant role than the factor of quality of life in determining the service quality in institutes of higher education. It is further observed that in the sub-dimension of program quality, the factor of curriculum and academic facilities are relatively more dominant than the factor of input quality.

The Effect of Web 2.0 Usage in E-Service Quality in Hospitality

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Berislav Andrlic ◽  
Ezendu Ariwa
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Model Evaluation ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Original Model ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies

This chapter explores the usage of Web 2.0 technologies in determining the level of quality of Websites in the Croatian hotel industry. Namely, in order to determine the level of quality, it is necessary to identify the characteristics of Websites qualitatively and quantitatively. From the data obtained, it is possible to determine the degree of information compliance with the wishes and needs of potential clients. As the basis of primary research, the authors use the original model evaluation on a selected sample of hotels in Croatia.

scholarly journals Rail-based Public Transport Service Quality and User Satisfaction – A Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Nazrul Hakimi Ibrahim ◽  
Muhamad Nazri Borhan ◽  
Nur Izzi Md. Yusoff ◽  
Amiruddin Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Delphi Approach ◽  
Rail Travel

While rail-based public transport is clearly a more advanced and preferable alternative to driving and a way of overcoming traffic congestion and pollution problems, the rate of uptake for rail travel has remained stagnant as a result of various well-known issues such as that commuters either use a more reliable and comfortable alternative to get from A to B and/or that they are not satisfied with the quality of service provided. This study examined the factor of user satisfaction regarding rail-based public transport with the aim of discovering precisely what factors have a significant effect on the user satisfaction and uptake of rail travel. This was approached using both the Delphi approach and a thorough review of the current literature, focusing on a total of nine possible factors affecting passenger satisfaction with rail travel availability of service, accessibility of service, ticket or pass, punctuality, clarity of information, quality of customer service, comfort, safety, and image. Also discussed were 29 extra possible attributes and several measures that were implemented in various countries to increase the service quality. It was concluded that this review will provide valuable information for policymakers, researchers and service providers in terms of specifying the service factors most worth investigating if the quality of this crucial means of transport is to be raised.

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