The Relationship Between Transit Asset Condition and Service Quality
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2018
Subject Area
economics - capital costs, planning - service quality, planning - methods
Keywords
Finance, Passenger Transportation, Public Transportation
Abstract
TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 198: The Relationship Between Transit Asset Condition and Service Quality documents the development of a quantitative method for characterizing service quality and demonstrates how this quantitative measure varies with changes in asset condition. It provides guidance on how asset condition and transit service quality relate in terms of investment prioritization.
Three Excel spreadsheets–a simplified Effective Journey Time (EJT) Calculator, a comprehensive EJT Calculator, and a worked example demonstrating the use of the comprehensive EJT Calculator—provide quantitative methods. Transit agencies may use this report and tools to better manage existing transit capital assets and make more efficient and effective investment decisions.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Transportation Research Board, Washington, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2018). The Relationship Between Transit Asset Condition and Service Quality. TCRP, Research Report 198, pp. 116. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
