Using GPS data to gain insight into public transport travel time variability

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 623-631

  Mazloumi, Ehsan ^a   Currie, Graham ^a   Rose, Geoffrey ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Probability distribution; Public transportation; System reliability; Travel time

Indexed keywords

BUS ROUTE; BUS STOP; DATA SETS; DAY-TO-DAY VARIABILITY; DEPARTURE TIME; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; GAIN INSIGHT; GPS DATA; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRAVELS; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; ROUTE LENGTH; SERVICE QUALITY; SERVICE RELIABILITY; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; TRACKING SYSTEM; TRANSIT SERVICES; TRAVEL TIME;

BUS TRANSPORTATION; MASS TRANSPORTATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

BUS TRANSPORT; DATA SET; GPS; LAND USE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRACKING; TRAVEL TIME;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77955630545     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000126     Document Type: Article

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