Robust public transport from a passenger perspective: A study to evaluate and improve the robustness of multi-level public transport networks

Robust public transport from a passenger perspective: A study to evaluate and improve the robustness of multi-level public transport networks

Yap, M.D.

Van Arem, B. (mentor)
Van Nes, R. (mentor)
Annema, J.A. (mentor)
Van Oort, N. (mentor)

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Transport & Planning

Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics

2014-02-27

Disturbances in public transport are an important issue for passengers, public transport operators and infrastructure managers. After the occurrence of large disturbances, there is often a strong call from passengers and society to make the public transport network less vulnerable – and therefore more robust – against these types of events. In this study, a methodology is developed which enables the evaluation of the current robustness of multi-level public transport networks, as well as the evaluation of proposed robustness measures. The case study shows that it is worth to consider another network level as back-up in case a certain network level is blocked. The result of the case study indicates that from a societal point of view, there is still room to improve the robustness of multi-level public transport networks.

robustness
multi-level networks
public transport
passenger perspective

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:86ebd5bc-49a1-4cf0-b8b6-daaf1d11ee11

2014-03-08

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2014 Yap, M.D.