EvaluationofPublicTransportSystemfromUserPerspectiveACaseStudyofTirupati,India
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IncountriessuchasIndiaandchina,thereisincreasedfocusonshiftingpeopletopublictransportfrompersonalvehicles.Inspiteofextensiveefforts,personalvehiclesarestillthepreferred,primarymodeoftransportinlargeurbanareasinthesecountries.Thepresentpaperreportsresultsfromapartofourongoingstudytounderstandwhatdrivescommuterpreferenceforpersonalvehiclesandwhatcanbedonetomakepublictransportanattractivealternativeoption.HerewelookathowcommutersinTirupati,acityinthesouthernIndianstateofAndhraPradesh,viewtheavailablepublictransport,whichisprimarilyacitybusservice.Tirupatiisamajorpilgrimageandculturalcenter,withoneofthemost-visitedplacesofworshipintheworld.Tirupatiproperhasapopulationofabout300,000,whichrisestoalittleover450,000iftheurbanizedareasaroundthecityareincluded.ThefocusofthecurrentstudywasrestrictedtotheresidentsofTirupatiwhousethebusserviceforgoingtoworkorschool.Asmallrepresentativesampleofbususerswasselectedandtheywereaskedtoratethebusserviceonattributessuchasfrequency,traveltime,punctuality,price,cleanliness,staffbehaviour,seatavailability,busstopsecurity,safetyfromaccidents,busstopcondition,routeandscheduleinformationavailableatbusstops,onboardsecurity,andbuscomfort.TheobjectiveofthisstudywastogainanunderstandingoftheoverallcustomersatisfactionwithbustransportinTirupati,andtoinvestigatewhichservicequalityattributesmostinfluencethelevelofcustomersatisfactioninthebustransportationfacilitiesprovided.TheresultsarethencomparedwiththeguidelinesonevaluatingtransitperformancedevelopedbytheTransitCooperativeResearchProgramoftheUSTransportationResearchBoard,andwithparametersbasedonsurveysconductedbyagenciesinSingaporeandintheEU.Thepurposeofthiscomparisonistoidentifyanysimilaritiesanddifferencesduetodifferenteconomicandculturalcontext,andseewhatchangescanbemadetomakepublictransitamoreattractivechoiceinIndia.
作者：RahulDeshpandeMounicaVinayakamurthyGirishAgrawal
作者单位：ShivNadarUniversity,DepartmentofCivilEngineering
母体文献：第七届中国公路科技创新高层论坛论文集
会议名称：第七届中国公路科技创新高层论坛
会议时间：2015年4月22日
会议地点：上海
主办单位：中国公路学会
语种：chi
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关键词：EvaluationofPublicTransportationServiceQualityTravellerAttitudePublicTransportationinIndia
在线出版日期：2018年8月28日
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