Analyzing reliability and comfort in public transport services (Softcopy is also available) (Record no. 55290)
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| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | P TH-2302 |
| Item number | PAN |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Panchal, Priyangi (PP0006716) |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Analyzing reliability and comfort in public transport services (Softcopy is also available) |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | i,ii,71p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents <br/>Certificate of original authorship i<br/>Acknowledgments ii<br/>Executive Summary Error! Bookmark not defined.<br/>1 Introduction 3<br/>1.1 Background 3<br/>1.2 Need for the study 4<br/>1.3 Objectives 6<br/>1.4 Methodology 6<br/>1.5 Limitations of the research 7<br/>2 Literature review 8<br/>2.1 Defining reliability in public transport services 8<br/>2.1.1 Transit operators’ perspective for reliability 10<br/>2.1.2 Passengers’ perspective for reliability 11<br/>2.2 Measuring reliability 11<br/>2.2.1 Transit Agencies Reliability Indicators 12<br/>2.3 Defining comfort 14<br/>2.4 Measuring comfort in public transport services 16<br/>3 Case Study Background 19<br/>3.1 Introduction: City Profile 19<br/>3.2 Transportation system in the city 20<br/>3.3 Public transport in Surat 21<br/>3.3.1 Sitilink Pvt. Limited 22<br/>3.3.2 Surat bus rapid transit system 23<br/>3.3.3 City bus services 24<br/>4 Data collection and handling 26<br/>4.1 Route selection 26<br/>4.2 User perception survey 28<br/>4.3 Reliability indicatory considered by Sitilink 32<br/>4.4 Comfort indicatory considered by Sitilink 33<br/>4.5 Reliability indicators selected for the study 33<br/>4.6 Methods to measure selected reliability indicators 35<br/>4.7 Selection of comfort indicator 36<br/>5 Analysis and interpretation of Reliability Indicators 38<br/>5.1 On time performance 38<br/>5.1.1 OTP based on Sitilink time-window criteria 38<br/>5.1.2 Problem with time-window selection criteria 40<br/>5.1.3 Arrival at last stops 42<br/>5.1.4 Significance of OTP indicator 43<br/>5.2 Run time reliability 43<br/>5.3 Headway regularity 45<br/>5.3.1 Bus-route trajectories 49<br/>5.3.2 Relation of headway regularity with other indicators 51<br/>5.4 Passenger wait times 52<br/>6 Interrelation of indicators and conclusion: Reliability 58<br/>6.1 Recommendations for Sitilink operator 61<br/>7 Analysis and interpretation for Comfort Indicators 62<br/>7.1 Indicators currently used by Sitilink to measure Comfort 62<br/>7.2 Measuring comfort from passengers’ perspective 65<br/>7.3 Conclusion 68<br/>8 Recommendations 69<br/>9 Works Cited 70<br/> |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sinha, Shalini (Guide) |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | India |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | FP-PG |
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| Topic | 2016 Batch |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Faculty of Planning | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 10/10/2018 | Faculty of Planning | P TH-2302 PAN | 020149 | 10/10/2018 | 10/10/2018 | Thesis |