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.

该研究提案的重点是减轻 Covid-19 大流行对公共交通造成的短期和长期的巨大负面影响。由于所有交通机构都吸收了 70-90% 的出行需求减少，因此他们大多减少了服务。人们对交通服务和客流量恢复到新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 之前的水平表示担忧。此外，当前服务的削减将导致旅行需求进一步螺旋式下降。由于 COVID-19 分阶段重新开放经济预计具有高度不确定性和动态性，因此需要一个模块化框架来不断调整交通服务，同时应对预期的出行需求时空波动。由于这种担忧，我们与卡尔加里交通局合作，提出了一个创新研究项目，其中包括两个主要目标： 1) 对用户在封锁期间和封锁后对交通使用的看法和态度进行一项综合的揭示性和陈述性偏好调查。我们将研究不同的政策，例如平抑交通需求高峰的措施；车站和车内措施，例如乘客计量和拥挤控制。 2) 根据目标 1 的结果和持续收集的自动交通数据开发自适应时间表规划决策支持工具。我们将提出新颖的策略，定期加强服务，以促进乘客量的增加，同时考虑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卡尔加里交通 (CT) 合作伙伴以及研究人员提供决策支持工具，从而为 COVID-19 后分阶段开放经济提供主动规划。预计将带来显着的经济效益，因为研究结果将帮助 CT 和其他交通机构恢复客流量。就公共卫生、安全以及其他长期社会和环境效益而言，预期成果对加拿大人也具有最高价值。