Before-and-after evaluation of a bus network improvement using performance indicators from historical smart card data

Renato Arbex (), Claudio Barbieri Cunha () and Roberto Speicys ()
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Renato Arbex: Escola Politécnica da USP, Universidade de São Paulo
Claudio Barbieri Cunha: Escola Politécnica da USP, Universidade de São Paulo
Roberto Speicys: Scipopulis Desenvolvimento e Análise de Dados Ltda

Public Transport, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, No 3, 483-501

Abstract: Abstract This paper describes a methodology for assessing before-and-after benefits for residents in an urban area resulting from the implementation of a major bus network improvement. The new late-night bus network of the city of São Paulo, Brazil is used as a case study. A group of supply and demand performance indicators is proposed in order to evaluate changes on all network levels. Accessibility analyses are conducted to evaluate how changes in the supply side potentially impact easiness of reaching destinations, while an analysis of the demand side response is performed by comparing changes in origin and destination transit trip volumes in a three-year period using historical smart card and GPS data, as well as differences in average travel times and number of transfers per trip within the network.

Keywords: Public transport; Before and after; Bus network; Smart card; Origin destination matrix (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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