Unreliable trains and induced rescheduling: Implications for cost-benefit analysis

Transportation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 387-407

  Tseng, Yin Yen ^a   Rietveld, Piet ^a   Verhoef, Erik T ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anticipating behavior; Cost benefit analysis; Departure time choice; Public transport; Schedule delay; Train reliability

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATING BEHAVIOR; DEPARTURE TIME CHOICE; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SCHEDULE DELAY; TRAIN SERVICES; TRANSPORT POLICY;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

COST REDUCTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TRAIN; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84856697114     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-011-9345-x     Document Type: Article

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