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Assessing Interchange Effects in Public Transport: A Case Study of South East Queensland, Australia
(2017-01-01)
Yen, Barbara T. H.
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Tseng, Wen-Chun
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Mulley, Corinne
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Chiou, Yu-Chiun
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Burke, Matthew
Interchange or transfers for passengers in large multimodal public transport networks are more or less inevitable. A zone based fare system has the potential to ensure that there is no financial penalty for interchange. In South East Queensland (SEQ), Australia, there is a zone based fare system in place which does not penalize transfers within the same zone but does charge a full fare for an inter-zone transfer in a single journey. This research investigates the interchange effects from an analysis of passengers' travel patterns using the smart card data from the automated fare collection system in place in SEQ. Latent class nested logit models are estimated with social demographic characteristics to measure transfer behaviour and are used to investigate the opportunity for better interchange policies to increase the network effect in the SEQ network. The results identified passengers' heterogeneous preferences towards travel alternatives with markedly different market segments. The empirical results identified passengers categorised into four segments of employees, students, wealthier people and seniors. The findings suggest that public transport network effects are most important to the employee segment with student and senior segments being more likely to choose direct alternatives over alternatives involving interchange. In order to enhance the public transport network effects, two policies to encourage transfers by passengers are investigated using simulations with the policy implications identified. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Parking and restaurant business: Differences in business perceptions and customer travel behaviour in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
(2020-03-01)
Yen, Barbara T. H.
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Mulley, Corinne
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Burke, Matthew
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Tseng, Wen-Chun
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運輸與物流管理系註：原交通所+運管所
Restauranteurs in Australian cities often resist local government car parking management regimes and advocate for increased parking provision in local planning. But are restauranteurs' views of the importance of car parking to their trade in line with reality? To explore this question this study surveyed restaurant businesses and customers in parallel at three restaurant precincts in inner-city Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The survey results indicate that restauranteurs and restaurant patrons have asymmetric views about the role of parking and the way it affects restaurant spend. This paper identifies two very different market segments when exploring the customer's travel mode preferences to access restaurants. These two segments are influenced by the built environment in their choice of restaurant location which in turn, gives implications for planning practice. The results show the way in which customers access a restaurant is influenced by the built environment of the location of restaurant. The analysis has also highlighted that an investigation of trip chaining behaviour as part of the access decision for dining would be a future avenue for research. This paper provides evidentiary support for planning policy in relation to parking. On the one hand, this paper shows how planning authorities can make better decisions about transport infrastructure supply and parking control in conjunction with the restaurant sector. On the other hand planners can use the outcome of this paper as a way to help businesses to understand that sustainable transport options may, contrary to their view, be beneficial to their bottom line.