Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual. Third Edition
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2013
Subject Area
mode - bus, mode - ferry, mode - rail, mode - demand responsive transit, operations - reliability, operations - performance, operations - capacity, place - north america
Keywords
Bus terminals, Ferry service, Operations, Public transit, Quality of service, Rail transit stations
Abstract
This report provides guidance on transit capacity and quality of service issues and the factors influencing both. The manual contains background, statistics, and graphics on the various types of public transportation, and it provides a framework for measuring transit availability, comfort, and convenience from the passenger and transit provider points of view. In addition, the manual includes quantitative techniques for calculating the capacity and other operational characteristics of bus, rail, demand-responsive, and ferry transit services, as well as transit stops, stations, and terminals. The CD-ROM that accompanies the manual provides PDF versions of all the publication’s chapters for use on tablets and computers; links to all of the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) reports referenced in the manual; spreadsheets that help perform the calculations used in the bus, ferry, and rail transit capacity methods; and presentations that introduce the manual and its core material. The CD-ROM is also available for download from the Transportation Research Boards’s website as an ISO image.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Transportation Research Board, Washington, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Kittelson & Assoc, Inc., Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., KFH Group, Inc., Texam A&M Transportation Institute, & Arup. (2013). Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual. Third Edition. Transit Cooperative Highway Research Program (TCRP) Report 165, published by Transportation Research Board, Washington
