Title :
The evaluation of Chicago transit system
Author :
Jiandong, Peng ; Haojun, Wu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Urban Design, Wuhan Univ., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
In the paper, the level of service (LOS) of Transit system in Chicago is calculated and evaluated, in order to examine whether transit distributed equally. Two approaches----Transit Availability and Transit accessibility--- are applied to measure the transit LOS. Then a comparison of LOS to socioeconomic conditions (average vehicle ownership per household; the percent of household with no vehicle, the percent of alternative transportation modal share) is studied. Finally, some findings of the relationship between transit LOS and community socioeconomic conditions are summarized. The related recommendations are also listed at end.
Keywords :
rapid transit systems; socio-economic effects; Chicago transit system; service level; socioeconomic conditions; transit accessibility; transit availability; transportation; vehicle ownership; Availability; Costs; Demography; Equations; Frequency; Geographic Information Systems; Public policy; Rail transportation; Shape measurement; Vehicles; evaluation; level of service; transit system;
Conference_Titel :
Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7737-1
DOI :
10.1109/MACE.2010.5535366