Transit service Improvements to cope with COVID-19

这一研究建议侧重于缓解新冠肺炎疫情对公共交通的巨大短期负面影响。由于所有过境机构的出行需求减少了70%至90%，它们大多减少了服务。公交服务和客运量要回到新冠肺炎时代之前的水平，这是一个主要的担忧。此外，目前的服务削减将导致旅行需求进一步螺旋式下降。由于新冠肺炎经济的阶段性重启预计将具有高度的不确定性和动态性，因此需要一个模块化框架来不断调整公交服务，同时应对预期的出行需求的时空波动。由于这一关切，并与卡尔加里运输公司合作，我们提出了一个创新的研究项目，包括两个主要目标： 1)就用户在封锁期间和封锁后对公共交通使用的看法和态度进行一项显示和声明的综合偏好调查。我们会研究不同的政策，例如改善过境需求高峰期的措施；车站内和车内的措施，例如乘客计程器和控制挤迫情况。 2)基于目标1的结果和不断收集的自动公交数据，开发一个自适应的调度计划决策支持工具。我们将提出新的策略，定期加强服务，以促进乘客量的增加，同时考虑到公共卫生问题，以及该系统的资本和运营成本。 这项研究的结果将为我们的卡尔加里运输(CT)合作伙伴以及研究人员提供决策支持工具，使我们能够为后新冠肺炎分阶段开放的经济进行主动规划。预计将带来显著的经济效益，因为这一发现将有助于CT和其他交通机构重新获得乘客。在公共卫生、安全和其他长期社会和环境利益方面，预期结果也将对加拿大人具有最高的价值。

This research proposal focuses on mitigating the massive negative short-term to the long-term impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on public transportation. As all transit agencies absorb a reduction between 70-90% in travel demand, they have mostly reduced their service in response. There are major concerns regarding transit service and ridership getting back to the pre-COVID-19 level. In addition, the current cuts in service will result in a further downward spiral in travel demand. As the COVID-19 phased reopening of the economy is expected to be highly uncertain and dynamic, a modular framework is needed to continuously adapt the transit service while responding to the expected spatio-temporal fluctuation of travel demand. As a result of this concern and in collaboration with Calgary Transit, we propose an innovative research project which includes two main objectives: 1) Conducting a combined revealed and stated preference survey on users' perceptions and attitudes towards transit use during and after lockdown. We will examine different policies such as measures to flatten the transit demand peak; at-station and in-vehicle measures such as passenger metering and crowding control. 2) Developing an adaptive schedule planning decision support tool based on outcomes from objective 1 and the continuously collected automated transit data. We will propose novel strategies to periodically enhance service to facilitate an increase in ridership while taking into account the issues of public health, as well as the capital and operating costs of the system. The outcomes from this research will provide decision support tools to our Calgary Transit (CT) partner - as well as researchers - that will enable proactive planning for the post COVID-19 phased opening of the economy. Significant economic benefits are expected as the findings will help CT and other transit agencies to reclaim their ridership. The expected outcomes will also be of the highest value for Canadians in terms of public health, safety and other long-term social and environmental benefits.