Transit service Improvements to cope with COVID-19

改善交通服务以应对新冠肺炎 (COVID-19)

• 批准号: 555002-2020
• 负责人: Kattan, Lina
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=705333
• 关键词: Transit; service; Improvements; cope; COVID

This research proposal focuses on mitigating the massive negative short-term to the long-term impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on public transportation. As all transit agencies absorb a reduction between 70-90% in travel demand, they have mostly reduced their service in response. There are major concerns regarding transit service and ridership getting back to the pre-COVID-19 level. In addition, the current cuts in service will result in a further downward spiral in travel demand. As the COVID-19 phased reopening of the economy is expected to be highly uncertain and dynamic, a modular framework is needed to continuously adapt the transit service while responding to the expected spatio-temporal fluctuation of travel demand. As a result of this concern and in collaboration with Calgary Transit, we propose an innovative research project which includes two main objectives: 1) Conducting a combined revealed and stated preference survey on users' perceptions and attitudes towards transit use during and after lockdown. We will examine different policies such as measures to flatten the transit demand peak; at-station and in-vehicle measures such as passenger metering and crowding control. 2) Developing an adaptive schedule planning decision support tool based on outcomes from objective 1 and the continuously collected automated transit data. We will propose novel strategies to periodically enhance service to facilitate an increase in ridership while taking into account the issues of public health, as well as the capital and operating costs of the system. The outcomes from this research will provide decision support tools to our Calgary Transit (CT) partner - as well as researchers - that will enable proactive planning for the post COVID-19 phased opening of the economy. Significant economic benefits are expected as the findings will help CT and other transit agencies to reclaim their ridership. The expected outcomes will also be of the highest value for Canadians in terms of public health, safety and other long-term social and environmental benefits.

这项研究提案着重于减轻对Covid-19-19对公共交通的长期影响的大规模负面影响。随着所有运输机构在旅行需求中吸收了70-90％的降低，因此他们的服务大部分降低了。关于运输服务和乘客量重新恢复到前期19级的关注点。此外，目前的服务削减将导致旅行需求的进一步下降。由于预计经济的共同阶段重新开放将是高度不确定和动态的，因此需要一个模块化框架来不断适应运输服务，同时响应预期的旅行需求的预期时空波动。由于这种关注并与Calgary Transit合作，我们提出了一个创新的研究项目，其中包括两个主要目标： 1）对用户对锁定期间和之后的过境使用的看法和态度进行了一项结合揭示和陈述的偏好调查。我们将研究不同的政策，例如衡量公交需求峰的措施；机场和车内措施，例如乘客计量和拥挤控制。 2）根据目标1的结果和不断收集的自动运输数据，开发自适应计划计划决策支持工具。我们将提出新颖的策略，以定期增强服务，以促进乘客的增加，同时考虑到公共卫生问题，以及系统的资本和运营成本。 这项研究的结果将为我们的Calgary Transit（CT）合作伙伴以及研究人员提供决策支持工具，这将为COVID -19的经济开放提供积极的计划。预计将有重大的经济利益，因为这些发现将有助于CT和其他过境机构收回其乘客。就公共卫生，安全和其他长期的社会和环境福利而言，对加拿大人的预期结果也将是最高价值。