Cities around the world are keen to offer modern urban transit systems that connect various locations in an efficient and reliable manner with the highest degrees of riders’ experience. These systems may consist of various modes such as buses, streetcars (or trams), and rapid transit systems (e.g., subways). In both research and practice, the quality of transit service has traditionally been measured and investigated on a mode-by-mode basis. Therefore, it is rare to find studies that investigate the impacts of poor performance or breakdown of one transit mode on other functioning modes in multimodal integrated transit systems. This research aims at understanding the impact of subway service interruptions on the speed performance of surface transit in Toronto, Ontario. To do that, a detailed data set of subway service interruptions collected in 2013 by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the public transit provider in the City of Toronto, was used. In addition, another data set was obtained from the TTC’s automatic vehicle location system for 51 bus and streetcar routes that are within a short walking distance of some subway stations. Using two statistical models, the paper results indicate that subway service interruptions have a statistically significant negative impact on bus and streetcar service operations in terms of slower speeds, with more immediate and intense impacts on streetcar service.


    Access

    Download

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Subway Service Down Again? Assessing the Effects of Subway Service Interruptions on Local Surface Transit Performance


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Contributors:
    Diab, Ehab (author) / Shalaby, Amer (author)


    Publication date :

    2018-09-09




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




    Measurement of Subway Service Performance at New York City Transit

    Levine, Brian / Lu, Alex / Reddy, Alla V. | Transportation Research Record | 2013


    Articulated cars in subway service

    Squier, C.W. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1925


    Planning of Subway Transit Systems

    Wirasinghe, S. C. / Vandebona, U. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1999


    Planning of Subway Transit Systems

    Wirasinghe, S. C. / Vandebona, U. / Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998