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Resumen:
In recent decades, the main focus in public transport operations has been increasing its speed. Increasing speed not only allows for faster trips, but also a higher frequency with the same fleet, thus reducing waiting times and crowdedness inside the vehicles. This interest in speed has ignored a second key dimension in level of service: reliability. In this article, we provide a full range of impacts of an unreliable public transport service. We demonstrate how regularising headway could improve level of service beyond the gains of simply increasing the operational speed. Regular headways positively affect comfort, reliability, travel and wait time, operational costs, and even some urban impacts of bus services. Thus, the focus for public transport agencies and operators should be redirected to reliability. This is fundamental for making public transport an attractive travel alternative and therefore must become a core goal for urban sustainability.
Gabriel Oliveira - BRT in Brazil: state of the practice as from the BRT Stand...BRTCoE
Presented by Gabriel Oliveira, Gabriel Oliveira, ITDP Brazil Public Transport Coordinator, on September 20th, 11:30 Brasilia Time Zone.
Complete title: BRT in Brazil: state of the practice as from the BRT Standard & challenges for operations and integration
Summary:
Between 2004 and 2014, the total extension of BRT systems almost quadrupled worldwide, rising from about 700 km to 2,600 km (ITDP, 2014). In an effort to monitor and guarantee an standard quality of service across systems, the Institute of Transport and Development Policy (ITDP) has consolidated, along with BRT planning experts and practitioners, a project and operations evaluation tool: the BRT Standard. The tool is divided in seven categories and 42 quantitative metrics that allow further comprehension of BRT state of the practice. It has been used to evaluate more than a hundred corridors in over 60 cities around the world.
In Brazil, where the concept has first been developed between the 70’s and 90’s, a second wave of BRT expansion in the last decade summed up more than 250 km built in nine cities and metropolitan regions, an increase of about 150%. In this presentation we aim to assess the state of the practice in sixteen operational Brazilian BRT corridors, drawing out the common challenges faced in their implementation and operations, the best practices identified and the main improvement points. The assessment is based in an exploratory and explanatory analysis of their BRT Standard scoring, where we highlight the case that stand out in each particular category or metric of the tool.
Scoring reveals good performance in basic BRT infrastructure elements (such as segregated bus lanes that are typically median aligned, off-board fare collection, level boarding and bus priority at intersections) and in service planning. Performance in categories such as station design, infrastructure sustainability and branding/information communications present greater variance depending on the corridor context.
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In a broader manner, this study also aspires to influence for more evidence-based policy and decision-making on urban transit investments, not only in the Brazilian context, but also in other contexts where BRT is steadily growing.
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Data file handling has been effectively used in the program.
The automated cosmetic shop management system should deal with the automation of general workflow and administration process of the shop. The main processes of the system focus on customer's request where the system is able to search the most appropriate products and deliver it to the customers. It should help the employees to quickly identify the list of cosmetic product that have reached the minimum quantity and also keep a track of expired date for each cosmetic product. It should help the employees to find the rack number in which the product is placed.It is also Faster and more efficient way.
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2. Quo Vadis BRT in South
Africa?
Research & Training Needs
3. BRT Implementation
Background
HIGH BRT
CAPEX
AND OPEX
VALUE
FOR
MONEY?
Adoption of
Latin American
BRT Designs
to achieve
“Gold” Status
Large,
Competing
Informal Mini-
Bus Taxi
Industry &
High
Incorporation
Costs
High Peak
Period to
Inter-Peak
Passenger
Demand RatioHigh Cost
Technology &
Systems EFC;
Control Centres;
Stations
No Detailed
Economic
Appraisals
were
Conducted.
Over-
Optimistic
Ridership &
Revenue
Forecasts
Rapid Car Ownership Growth 230 cars/1000 pop) 2010 Soccer World Cup Pressure
Rapid Urbanisation Political Pressure
Freeway Tolling in Gauteng
4. Operations Data Rea Vaya &
MyCitiTypical Daily Demand Profiles
Rea Vaya
MyCiti
5. National Government response to value for money concerns:
• Establishment of Cities Support Program in National Treasury;
• Review of CAPEX and OPEX 3-year cycle Integrated Public Transport Networks (ITPN)
planning & budgeting process;
• Parliamentary Transport Committee audit of planning & implementation in 13 cities in early
2018:Recommended Action No. Systems Systems
Expansion with Conditions 2 Johannesburg (Rea Vaya) & Cape Town
(MyCiti)
Urgently Expand Operations 3 Pretoria (A Re Yeng), Ekurhuleni
(Harambee) and George (Go George!
QBS System)
Urgently Start Operations 2 Durban and Rustenburg
Potential Mothballing unless
Rapid Progress Made
6 Bloemfontein; Port Elizabeth; Nelspruit;
Polokwane; Pietermaritzburg; East London
6. Research Needs in South African & African Context
National RSA government admit naivety in the planning process;
But are asking what should be done differently to ensure system sustainability,
i.e.:
o Improve the reliability of transportation demand models;
o Investigate improved trip data collection methods, especially smartphone based technologies;
o Investigate & understand passengers travel preferences & impacts on system designs &
operations;
o Reduce CAPEX of systems by looking at alternative designs and operating models & methods;
o Improve the economic appraisal process (including wider economic benefits) to motivate funding
o Evaluate options for first and last mile accessibility to BRT stations, including hybrid-operations;
o Investigate how to make systems accessible and attractive across income groups;
o Better integrate all transit systems in cities;
7. ransport Training Needs in South African & African Context
atus Quo:
Demand for trained and experienced transport planners, economists and operations
managers is far in excess of supply for government, advisors & operators;
Over-reliance on consultants by government transport planning and operating officials;
Some initiatives have been taken, e.g. City of Johannesburg arrangement with local busine
school for Certificate in Public Transport Governance and Operations;
Consultant appointments include training & skills enhancement requirement, but seldom
effective;
Training must be focussed on African needs & requirements, i.e. not ‘one size fits all’.
Government at all
Levels & Across
Departments
Transport Planning
Professionals
Public Transport
Operators
ining needs vary between:
8. Training Spectrum:
Level of
Expertise
Required on
Completion
Of Training
Intensity &
Duration of
Training
Short Courses
Informal in Nature
& Cross-Sector.
Limited Training &
Experience Needed
Block Courses
Specific in Subject
Formal Training &
Experience Needed
Formal Graduate & Post
Graduate. Subject Specific
Courses. Recognised
qualifications Needed
Area of Focus for Universities
9. Summing Up
BRT systems in South Africa are at a critical juncture, with value for money being
questioned;
Risk is that if sustainability is not demonstrated, new systems will not be rolled out or
expanded;
An overall weakness in government and private sector transport planning is a shortage of
professionally trained staff;
In the South African context, this is resulting in inadequate planning & operations of BRT
systems;
Training and skills improvement programs are key to ensuring the future success of the
systems.