Abstract

CHAVES-FLORES, Gabriel  and  HERNANDEZ-VEGA, Henry. Transit performance and quality of service indicators for transit services for students to the Universidad de Costa Rica. Infraestructura Vial [online]. 2015, vol.17, n.30, pp.13-22. ISSN 2215-3705.

This paper presents a methodology to evaluate an university bus transit service. Both performance and quality of service indicators were applied in the system evaluation to analyze the mobility of students and staff at the main campus Rodrigo Facio of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), who daily commute using a special bus transit service. Over one third of the total trips to the campus are made by this special bus transit service provided by the university; which implies that the quality of the mobility of more than 10 thousand people depends on this service. Information related to the performance and quality of service of the bus transit system is a fundamental input for future university transportation master plans. On an average weekday more than 350 trips are made by the exclusive bus transit service, including trips that depart and arrive to the main campus Rodrigo Facio; therefore the need to offer a high-quality service in order to increase ridership, and thus, to help to generate a more pleasant and healthier environment. Relevant issues that affect users were identified. Also, the methodology was applied to assess the system through different performance indicators. Finally, the main findings include potential new bus transit routes and a list of countermeasures, ranked according to the priority given by the users to improve the quality of the service.

Keywords : Transit; user perspective; quality of service; indicators; performance.

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