Detecting and quantifying bus operation impedance : the balance between reliability and speed

This thesis explores the phenomenon of bus impedance, defined as a slowing down of bus operations for customers. Impedance can stem from an overemphasis on reliability to the detriment of speed in bus operations. Public transport agencies aim at achieving the best balance between speed and reliability in their bus operations because such a balance benefits their customers who want to arrive at their destinations quickly and reliably, and potentially reduces the cost of operations. Impedance can result from misaligned interests of stakeholders, for instance if the agency provides financial incentives only for reliability. Impedance manifests itself through held and/or slow buses aimed at regulating the service but slowing it down as a consequence. A data-driven approach investigates the manifestations and the detection of impedance using the London bus network as a case study.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Sindzingre, Maud.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Nigel H. M. Wilson, Haris N. Koutsopoulos, and Jinhua Zhao.

• Urban Studies and Planning.

Statement dc:rights

• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123901

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/123901