Do Private Transport Services Complement or Compete against Public Transit? Evidence from the Commuter Vans in Eastern Queens, New York
Do Private Transport Services Complement or Compete against Public Transit? Evidence from the Commuter Vans in Eastern Queens, New York
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私人交通服务是公共交通的补充还是竞争？
作者：
Catherine Musili;D. Salon
私营交通服务是对公共交通的补充还是竞争？随着运输机构争相适应移动服务的新运输格局，这已成为一个重要问题。这项研究的重点是纽约的通勤车（也被称为“美元面包车”），私人面包车，已与公共交通运行了几十年。我们使用2016年夏季收集的原始调查和观察数据来记录基本的乘客特征，并深入了解通勤货车是与城市公交车互补还是竞争。皇后区东部的通勤货车乘客量很高，大致相当于平行路线上的城市公交车乘客量，每天约55，000人。此外，超过60%的被调查货车乘客会通过过境通行证或换乘免费乘坐城市公交车。节省时间是这些乘客为面包车支付额外费用的一个重要动机;面包车比城市公共汽车快，货车等待时间更短。这些结果表明，纽约的通勤车补充公共交通作为一个支线系统。然而，这一结论高度依赖于背景。随着私人交通服务的激增，需要继续进行研究，以确定它们与公共交通的关系。
Do private transport services complement or compete against public transit? As transit agencies scramble to adjust to the new transport landscape of mobility services, this has become an important question. This study focuses on New York’s commuter vans (also known as “dollar vans”), private vans that have operated alongside public transit for decades. We use original survey and observational data collected in the summer of 2016 to document basic ridership characteristics and to provide insight into whether the commuter vans complement or compete against city buses. Commuter van ridership in Eastern Queens is high; it is roughly equivalent to city bus ridership on parallel routes at approximately 55,000 per day. Further, more than 60% of van riders surveyed would have had a free trip on a city bus, through either a transit pass or transfer. Time savings was an important motivation for these riders to pay extra for the vans; the vans are faster than city buses, and van wait times are shorter. These results suggest that New York’s commuter vans complement public transit by serving as a feeder system. This conclusion, however, is highly context-dependent. As private transport services proliferate, continued research is needed to ascertain their relationships with public transit.