[sustran] "Valuing Transit Service Quality Improvements" - New Report
Todd Alexander Litman
litman at vtpi.org
Sat May 5 06:49:53 JST 2007
"Valuing Transit Service Quality Improvements: Considering Comfort
and Convenience In Transport Project Evaluation"
(http://www.vtpi.org/traveltime.pdf )
This report investigates the value travelers place on qualitative
factors such as comfort and convenience, and practical ways to
incorporate these factors into travel time values for planning and
project evaluation. Conventional evaluation practices generally
assign the same time value regardless of travel conditions, and so
undervalue comfort and convenience impacts. Yet, a quality
improvement that reduces travel time unit costs by 20% provides
benefits equivalent to an operational improvement that increases
travel speeds by 20%. This report recommends specific travel time
value adjustments to account for factors such as travel and waiting
comfort, travel reliability, and real time transit vehicle arrival
information. It describes how service quality improvements can
increase transit ridership and reduce automobile travel.
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Sincerely,
Todd Alexander Litman
Victoria Transport Policy Institute (www.vtpi.org)
litman at vtpi.org
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