Flexible Transit Operations for Dynamic Mobility

Although increasing transit mode share is known to improve congestion, Americans still prefer driving for its relative reliability, comfort and convenience. Despite awareness of sustainability and climate change, transit mode share has seen only slight increases each year as it has adapted poorly to changes in human behavior and activity patterns. This proposal outlines a plan to measure the role of customer satisfaction and schedule flexibility in mode choice and explicitly model behavior in the system design via more open communication between riders and operators. The proposed solution moves toward managing passenger mobility rather than merely a single agency's role in it by delineating potential demand- and time-varying service concepts.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ccitt.northwestern.edu/research/projects/Mahmassani_Y6-02.html

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $95203.00
• Contract Numbers:

  CCITT Y6-02

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Principal Investigators:

  Mahmassani, Hani

• Start Date: 20121201
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20130830
• Source Data: RiP Project 34332

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mobility; Modal split; Passenger comfort; Passenger transportation; Public transit; Traffic congestion; Travel demand
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01500094
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for the Commercialization of Innovative Transportation Technology
• Contract Numbers: CCITT Y6-02
• Files: UTC, RiP
• Created Date: Nov 26 2013 1:01AM