Evaluating public transit services for operational efficiency and access equity
Evaluating public transit services for operational efficiency and access equity
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评价公共交通服务的运营效率和使用公平性
DOI：
10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.10.010
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发表时间：
2017-12-01
影响因子：
6.1
通讯作者：
Farber, Steven
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作者：
Wei, Ran;Liu, Xiaoyue;Farber, Steven
公共交通服务绩效评估一直是交通机构和研究人员面临的一个重要而又具有挑战性的问题。公交服务绩效衡量反映了迈向高效和积极主动管理的第一步，公共交通机构在资源有限的情况下提供高质量服务的压力越来越大。然而，过境服务的绩效评估由于可用于评估目标的一系列量化措施以及目标本身的多样性而变得复杂，这些措施通常包括提高业务效率和提供公平的机会。虽然以前的工作已经审查了公共交通服务，以实现最佳的运营效率和/或获得公平分开，这两者之间的相互作用很少被调查。提出了一种基于数据包络分析（DEA）、地理信息系统（GIS）和多目标空间优化技术的公交服务综合绩效评价方法。新的方法被应用到评估的性能固定路线巴士服务运营的犹他州交通管理局（UTA）在瓦萨奇前，犹他州。结果表明，该方法可以有效地考虑运营效率和接入公平的综合框架，提供了一个更全面的评估过境服务绩效。
Assessing the performance of public transit services has long been an important yet challenging issue for transportation agencies and researchers. Transit service performance measurement reflects a very first step towards an efficient and proactive management, where public transit agencies are increasingly pressured to provide high-quality services in spite of constrained resources. However, the performance evaluation of transit services is complicated by an array of quantitative measures available to assess the goals and the diversity in the goals themselves, which usually include improving operational efficiency and providing equitable access. While much previous work has examined public transit services for achieving optimal operational efficiency and/or access equity separately, the interplay of the two has rarely been investigated to date. This article proposes a new method for evaluating the overall performance of public transit services via a combination of data envelopment analysis (DEA), Geographic Information System (GIS), and multi-objective spatial optimization techniques. The new method is applied to assessing the performance of fixed route bus services operated by the Utah Transit Authorities (UTA) in the Wasatch Front, Utah. Results demonstrate that the proposed method can effectively account for operational efficiency and access equity in an integrated framework, providing a more comprehensive assessment for transit service performance.