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Better by bus? Insights into public transport travel behaviour during Storm Doris in Reading, UK
Author(s) -
Budnitz Hannah,
Chapman Lee,
Tranos Emmanouil
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1477-8696
pISSN - 0043-1656
DOI - 10.1002/wea.3058
Subject(s) - trips architecture , public transport , doris (gastropod) , reading (process) , storm , transport engineering , mode (computer interface) , meteorology , aeronautics , computer science , telecommunications , advertising , business , engineering , geography , political science , human–computer interaction , law
This case study uses datasets from Reading Buses’ electronic ticketing system to gain insights into the reactions of public transport passengers to the disruption to bus and rail services in Reading, UK during Storm Doris on 23 February 2017. The analysis generally supports previous research findings that there are fewer public transport trips in adverse weather conditions. However, an increase in bus trips on services parallel to the more severely disrupted train services suggests that some travellers respond flexibly by using the bus as an alternative, more resilient mode.