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The value of service reliability

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  • Benezech, Vincent
  • Coulombel, Nicolas

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This paper studies the impact of service frequency and reliability on the choice of departure time and the travel cost of transit users. When the user has (α,β,γ) scheduling preferences, we show that the optimal head start decreases with service reliability, as expected. It does not necessarily decrease with service frequency, however. We derive the value of service headway (VoSH) and the value of service reliability (VoSR), which measure the marginal effect on the expected travel cost of a change in the mean and in the standard deviation of headways, respectively. The VoSH and the VoSR complete the value of time and the value of reliability for the economic appraisal of public transit projects by capturing the specific link between headways, waiting times, and congestion. An empirical illustration is provided, which considers two mass transit lines located in the Paris area.

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  • Benezech, Vincent & Coulombel, Nicolas, 2013. "The value of service reliability," Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 1-15.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:transb:v:58:y:2013:i:c:p:1-15
    DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2013.09.009
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