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Comparative Evaluation of Bus Rapid Transit Routes Using Super Efficiency Data Envelopment Analysis


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1 Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, India
2 Transportation Planning Division, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi 100 025, India
 

Periodical evaluation of the transit system and its subunits is becoming paramount for improving its performance. This article evaluates the performance of 12 routes of the bus rapid transit system operating in Ahmedabad, India. The performance indices considered in the study were divided into five major types of efficiency, viz. route design, scheduled design, cost, service delivery, and comfort and safety efficiency. Super efficiency data envelopment analysis was used to estimate efficiency scores for each type. Further, composite efficiency of routes was estimated based on analytical hierarchy process technique.

Keywords

Analytical Hierarchy Process, Bus Rapid Transit, Data Envelopment Analysis, Route Performance.
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Authors

Ankit Kathuria
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, India
M. Parida
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667, India
Ravi Sekhar
Transportation Planning Division, CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi 100 025, India

Abstract


Periodical evaluation of the transit system and its subunits is becoming paramount for improving its performance. This article evaluates the performance of 12 routes of the bus rapid transit system operating in Ahmedabad, India. The performance indices considered in the study were divided into five major types of efficiency, viz. route design, scheduled design, cost, service delivery, and comfort and safety efficiency. Super efficiency data envelopment analysis was used to estimate efficiency scores for each type. Further, composite efficiency of routes was estimated based on analytical hierarchy process technique.

Keywords


Analytical Hierarchy Process, Bus Rapid Transit, Data Envelopment Analysis, Route Performance.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi07%2F1408-1419