Performance evaluation of bus transit operation in Bangkok using performance indicator and GIS analysis | |
| Author | Phol Suchartrungruangsri |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. GE-99-22 |
| Subject(s) | Local transit--Thailand--Bangkok Geographic information systems |
| Note | A thesis submitted for the partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Civil Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. GE-99-22 |
| Abstract | Inefficient and ineffective bus operations have been mentioned as one of the major causes of severe traffic congestion problems in Bangkok. In order to provide a reasonable suggestion for bus service improvement, performance evaluation is applied as a diagnostic tool to identify operational deficiencies and their causes at the route level of bus operation. The evaluation was applied on thirteen bus routes in bus Zone 4 of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) to identify their operating deficiencies. Performance indicators relating to concept of resource efficiency, service effectiveness and resource effectiveness were selected to analyze in this research. Comparison performance among bus routes by using Z-score value, standard set by BMTA, statistical analysis including concept of Geographic Information System or GIS are applied to identify operating deficiencies and their causes of poor-operation of bus routes. It was found that among the 13 bus routes of Zone 4, four bus routes are identified as deficiencies and these are bus routes no.4 7, A26, 62 and 106. Among the poor performance and deficiencies operational characteristics are: poor labor efficiency, low service distance, poor operational safety, insufficient operating buses, poor social effectiveness, inefficient bus maintenance and low passenger trips. Therefore, in order to minimize or eliminate these deficiencies, the following recommended measures are proposed in this research to improve the bus operations of Zone 4. These are: employees must be properly distributed among bus routes, providing incentive rewards to good and proper manner drivers, add more operating buses, additional number of bus stops and rescheduling of bus maintenance duration. |
| Year | 1999 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. GE-99-22 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Civil Engineering |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Geotechnical Engineering (GE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Yordphol Tanaboriboon; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Pannapa Herabat ;Takahashi, Kiyoshi; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology |