On-Time Performance and Service Regularity of Stage Buses in Mixed Traffic

Stage bus operated in the mixed traffic might always meet many problems about low quality and reliability of services. The low quality and reliability of bus service can make the system not attractive and directly reduce the interest of using bus service. This paper presents the result of field...

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Main Authors: Suwardo, W, Napiah, Madzlan, Kamaruddin, Ibrahim
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Published: 2009
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spelling my.utp.eprints.58542017-01-19T08:25:57Z On-Time Performance and Service Regularity of Stage Buses in Mixed Traffic Suwardo, W Napiah, Madzlan Kamaruddin, Ibrahim HE Transportation and Communications Stage bus operated in the mixed traffic might always meet many problems about low quality and reliability of services. The low quality and reliability of bus service can make the system not attractive and directly reduce the interest of using bus service. This paper presents the result of field investigation and analysis of on-time performance and service regularity of stage bus in mixed traffic. Data for analysis was collected from the field by on-board observation along the Ipoh-Lumut corridor in Perak, Malaysia. From analysis and discussion, it can be concluded that on-time performance and service regularity varies depend on station, typical day, time period, operation characteristics of bus and characteristics of traffic. The on-time performance and service regularity of stage bus in mixed traffic can be derived by using data collected by onboard survey. It is clear that on-time performance and service regularity of the existing stage bus system was low. 2009 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5854/1/Journal_of_Business-2009%28OnTimePerformance%29.pdf Suwardo, W and Napiah, Madzlan and Kamaruddin, Ibrahim (2009) On-Time Performance and Service Regularity of Stage Buses in Mixed Traffic. [Citation Index Journal] http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5854/
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topic HE Transportation and Communications
spellingShingle HE Transportation and Communications
Suwardo, W
Napiah, Madzlan
Kamaruddin, Ibrahim
On-Time Performance and Service Regularity of Stage Buses in Mixed Traffic
description Stage bus operated in the mixed traffic might always meet many problems about low quality and reliability of services. The low quality and reliability of bus service can make the system not attractive and directly reduce the interest of using bus service. This paper presents the result of field investigation and analysis of on-time performance and service regularity of stage bus in mixed traffic. Data for analysis was collected from the field by on-board observation along the Ipoh-Lumut corridor in Perak, Malaysia. From analysis and discussion, it can be concluded that on-time performance and service regularity varies depend on station, typical day, time period, operation characteristics of bus and characteristics of traffic. The on-time performance and service regularity of stage bus in mixed traffic can be derived by using data collected by onboard survey. It is clear that on-time performance and service regularity of the existing stage bus system was low.
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author Suwardo, W
Napiah, Madzlan
Kamaruddin, Ibrahim
author_facet Suwardo, W
Napiah, Madzlan
Kamaruddin, Ibrahim
author_sort Suwardo, W
title On-Time Performance and Service Regularity of Stage Buses in Mixed Traffic
title_short On-Time Performance and Service Regularity of Stage Buses in Mixed Traffic
title_full On-Time Performance and Service Regularity of Stage Buses in Mixed Traffic
title_fullStr On-Time Performance and Service Regularity of Stage Buses in Mixed Traffic
title_full_unstemmed On-Time Performance and Service Regularity of Stage Buses in Mixed Traffic
title_sort on-time performance and service regularity of stage buses in mixed traffic
publishDate 2009
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