[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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