A COMPARISON OF STREETCAR AND SUBWAY SERVICE QUALITY

摘要: since operating speeds may be twice as great for the subway streetcars. Some patrons will benefit more than others, however, and some made worse off. The time saving from higher is greater long trips short trips, so that long-distance travellers most. Furthermore, distance tween stops almost invariably increased, amount of walking needed to reach vehicle increased by street platform. Thus extent service degraded. Travellers who are midway between stations, travelling only distances, find with it was a streetcar. This paper develop model describe transport costs on public transit in single variable. cost then used evaluate travel various along Bloor Street, Toronto, before after streetcar replaced subway. Conclusions drawn regarding change quality different locations trips. side effects Street vehicular traffic volumes also considered. CALCULATING RELATIVE TRANSPORT COST this study an adaptation one described report Dewees (1973), presented briefly here. based developed Blackburn (1970) outgrowth work Lancaster (1966). It assumes comparison two modes depends upon valuation character istics or attributes those modes, any traveller dollar value can assigned incremental quantity attribute. mode k thus