The role of the travel factor convenience in rail travel and a framework for its assessment
Crockett, Jonathan and Hounsell, Nick (2005) The role of the travel factor convenience in rail travel and a framework for its assessment. Transport Reviews, 25, (5), 535-555. (doi:10.1080/01441640500064389).
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This paper reviews the travel factor convenience with particular regard to rail travel. Past research has shown that convenience is a concept readily associated with the private car and its perceived ability to provide a door-to-door journey. However, convenience in public transport has proved to be somewhat of an ambiguous concept, often showing a high degree of overlap with the other main recognised travel factors. This paper shows that it is possible to consider convenience in rail travel as an embodiment of four themes: Access/egree, station facilities/environment, frequency of service/scheduling and interchange between train services. A list of physically measurable elements has been produced relating to these four themes in order to assess the convenience of any particular station. A categorisation process is proposed, based upon the initial findings of a substantial questionnaire process designed to obtain a user perspective upon convenience. It is concluded that no definitive measure of convenience can be produced for rail travel, although a proxy measure, based upon categorisation, containing some or all of the defined elements should be possible.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0144-1647 (print) |
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TF Railroad engineering and operation H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment |
| Item ID: | 39465 |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jun 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 06:40 |
| Contributors: | Crockett, Jonathan (Author) Hounsell, Nick (Author) |
| Date: | 2005 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/39465 |
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