Data envelopment analysis (DEA) based transit route temporal performance assessment: A pilot study

摘要

The transit agencies aim to allocate limited resources properly and maximise ridership. Measuring the performance of individual transit routes within a transit system plays a critical role in finding operational problems and increasing transit ridership. ududThe (DEA) method has been employed to compare the performance of different units (e.g., transit operators, transit lines/ routes within a transit system). This paper first reviews the application of DEA for transit performance evaluation. Thereafter, with a case study on a bus route in Brisbane, a pilot study is conducted to discuss the application of DEA for temporal performance evaluation (service effectiveness) of a transit route considering number of services and travel time as inputs and transit work and on-time performance as outputs.