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Friday, March 23, 2012

Rail-related resources

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Reports

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10th Malaysian Plan 2011 - 2015

2010 Annual Urban Mobility Report

Commuting Research

Government Transformation Programme (GTP)

Great Rail Disasters 2004

Health of People who Travel to Work (2005)

House of Commons: Increasing Passenger Rail Capacity

House of Commons: Overcrowding on Public Transport

House of Commons: Personal passenger safety in railway stations

IBM Commuter Pain Study

Lessons learned from major bus improvements in Latin America and Asia: Modernizing public transportation (2010)

London Assembly Scrutiny Committee: Investigation into rail crowding

London Assembly Transport Reports

Managing Urban Traffic Congestion (2007)

National Transport Commission Australia 2008 Rail Productivity

Public Transport Tendering in the Netherlands 2010

Rail Research UK: Rail User Needs and Delivery Mechanisms

RAILSIM

Respect on the Road: Literature Review

Review of Health and Safety Risk Drivers BD 2518: Space and Crowding

Right of Passage: Reducing Barriers to the Use of Public Transportation in the MTA Region (2001)

RSSB CIRIA Guidance On Crowding

RSSB Crowd Management at Stations: a good practice guide

RSSB T161 Managing large events and perturbations at stations

RSSB T605 Crowd management on trains: a good practice guide

RSSB T605 Management of on-train crowding: Final report

RSSB T656 Designing for crowd behaviour

RSSB T760 Investigations Using the NMF Safety Model

RSSB T772 Alleviation of passenger bottlenecks at terminal station platforms

RSSB T828 Station Safety

RSSP T307 Health and safety effects of crowding

Smart Growth: Building healthier communities through transportation and land use policies and practices

Soroptimist International and Rail Safety

SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL RAIL SURVEY REPORT 2003

Soroptimist: Review of accessible toilets on railway stations

TCRP Report 88: A Guidebook for Developing a Transit Performance-Measurement System

TfL 2009 The Big Squeeze

TfL 2009 Too close for comfort

TfL Travel and Performance

TfL Travel in London 2009

TfL Travel in London 2010

The Commuting Experience and Psychological Flow

The National Audit Office

The World Bank Urban Rail Concessions in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Manila (2004) Halcrow Groupd Ltd

UK Resilience: Understanding Crowd Behaviours
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Work resources

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Transport in the news

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New Publication

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Research on rail passenger crowding often tacitly subscribes to a measurement of crowding based on density (i.e. physical conditions involving space limitations) and rarely considers the possible role psychological factors may play in measuring this construct. This paper describes the development of an instrument that captures the dimensionality of rail passenger crowding and its relationship to the experience of stress and feelings of exhaustion. The proposed instrument is a 20-item self-rating questionnaire consisting of three sub-scales designed to assess subjective crowding experiences among rail users (n = 525). Findings from the factor analyses generally support the hypothesised three-factor structure of the measurement model (evaluation of the psychosocial aspects of the crowded situation, evaluation of the ambient environment of the crowded situation, and affective reactions to the crowded situation). All sub-scales demonstrate excellent internal consistency and construct validity as well as good convergent and discriminant validity values. The instrument was further tested using structural equation modelling to examine the impact of crowding on commuters’ stress and feelings of exhaustion. With the addition of the “passenger density” variable as an indicator of objective measurement of crowding operating in tandem with the crowding sub-scales, the results reveal that: (1) commuters’ evaluations of the psychosocial aspects of the crowded situation and of its ambient environment, alongside their rating of passenger density, significantly predict affective reactions to the crowded situation; (2) these affective reactions, in turn, significantly predict stress and feelings of exhaustion; and (3) evaluations of the psychosocial aspects of the crowded situation and of its ambient environment as well as passenger density do not directly predict stress and feelings of exhaustion. The link between rail passenger crowding and the negative outcomes therefore does not appear as a simple, direct relationship, but is mediated by affective feelings of crowdedness. Overall, these results provide satisfactory psychometric properties for the proposed instrument and support its use as an assessment tool for measuring crowding experience in the rail setting.
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Friday, December 23, 2011

COMMUTERS CONCERNED OVER OVERCROWDING, RELIABILITY OF TRAIN SERVICES - SURVEY

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Source: BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 -- Malaysian commuters cite overcrowding and reliability of train services as their top concerns, a survey by Frost & Sullivan shows.

It also reveals that commuters are generally satisfied with disabled passengers'' facilities at the stations but they are not satisfied with first aid kits on-board trains, stations and the lack of CCTV monitoring.

"Smoothness of ride -- no sudden braking -- is rated highest, while queue-up discipline and availability of security guard are the least satisfied attributes," said Gopal R, Frost & Sullivan Vice President (Transportation and Logistics Practice) Asia Pacific and Country Head for Malaysia, in a statement today.

The survey, part of the business research and consulting firm''s new rail subscription programme -- Strategic Analysis: Passengers Safety for Urban Rail in Malaysia -- was conducted with commuters of the five rail services, namely KTM, Kelana Jaya line, Ampang line, ERL and Monorail.

Gopal said overcrowding inside the train and at platform during peak hours could lead to higher risk of personal safety and security especially during emergency.

He also said satisfaction ratings on the communication of rail safety had a low rating as compared to ratings for infrastructure and operations, indicating significant room for improvement.

"Commuters expect more communication from rail providers on what to do during an emergency and a proper emergency response guideline," he said.

Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
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2, Jalan Kiara, Mont Kiara
50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +60 (0) 3 6204 5800
Fax: +60 (0) 3 6201 7402

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Greater KL/ Klang Valley Land Public Transport Master Plan

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The Draft Greater KL/ Klang Valley Land Public Transport Master Plan is now available for viewing at the Land Public Transport Commission’s (LPTC/SPAD) website.

Greater KL/ Klang Valley Land Public Transport Master Plan

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

High Speed Rail HC 1185

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Report of an inquiry into the strategic case for High Speed Rail (the HSR programme).

House of Commons Transport Committee (2011). High Speed Rail. Tenth Report of Session 2010–12

Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes

Volume II: Oral and written evidence

Volume III: Additional written evidence

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