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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3224| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | A level playing field for comparing air and rail travel times |
| Authors: | Sauter-Servaes, Thomas Krautscheid, Thomas Schober, Alexander |
| DOI: | 10.2174/1874447801913010048 10.21256/zhaw-3224 |
| Published in: | The Open Transportation Journal |
| Volume(Issue): | 13 |
| Page(s): | 48 |
| Pages to: | 56 |
| Issue Date: | 2019 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Bentham Open |
| ISSN: | 1874-4478 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | High-speed rail; Rail transport; Airport waiting time; Travel planning; Travel time; Air transport |
| Subject (DDC): | 380: Transportation |
| Abstract: | Background: Shifting travellers from air to rail can reduce environmental impacts and is an important European Union goal. Online travel planning applications allow travellers to easily compare air and rail transport choices, however, they may not accurately consider time travellers spend at the airport or railway station since these depend on buffer times travellers use to protect against delays. Methods: This research investigated the actual time spent at airports and railway stations to analyse the accuracy of travel planning applications and help improve the quality of travel time estimates. The research used a travel time recording application to determine the time spent by passengers at airports and railway stations. Data was collected for 312 trips. The research was supplemented by an extensive literature review of dwell times and multimodal travel planning applications. Results: The research found that travellers spent an average of 157 minutes at airports and 32 minutes at railway stations. Comparing these results to travel planning application, the information shows that the applications significantly underestimate time spent at airports and slightly underestimate time spent at railway stations. The use of unrealistic airport waiting times in travel planning applications distorts traveller perception in favour of air travel. Conclusion: Therefore, railway operators should support the development of improved travel planning applications that better consider waiting times. Improving these applications would be much more cost effective than infrastructure improvements designed to save a few minutes of travel time. |
| Further description: | The research project was funded by the International Union of Railways (UIC). |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/17340 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Engineering |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Sustainable Development (INE) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Engineering |
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Sauter-Servaes, T., Krautscheid, T., & Schober, A. (2019). A level playing field for comparing air and rail travel times. The Open Transportation Journal, 13, 48–56. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874447801913010048
Sauter-Servaes, T., Krautscheid, T. and Schober, A. (2019) ‘A level playing field for comparing air and rail travel times’, The Open Transportation Journal, 13, pp. 48–56. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2174/1874447801913010048.
T. Sauter-Servaes, T. Krautscheid, and A. Schober, “A level playing field for comparing air and rail travel times,” The Open Transportation Journal, vol. 13, pp. 48–56, 2019, doi: 10.2174/1874447801913010048.
SAUTER-SERVAES, Thomas, Thomas KRAUTSCHEID und Alexander SCHOBER, 2019. A level playing field for comparing air and rail travel times. The Open Transportation Journal. 2019. Bd. 13, S. 48–56. DOI 10.2174/1874447801913010048
Sauter-Servaes, Thomas, Thomas Krautscheid, and Alexander Schober. 2019. “A Level Playing Field for Comparing Air and Rail Travel Times.” The Open Transportation Journal 13: 48–56. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874447801913010048.
Sauter-Servaes, Thomas, et al. “A Level Playing Field for Comparing Air and Rail Travel Times.” The Open Transportation Journal, vol. 13, 2019, pp. 48–56, https://doi.org/10.2174/1874447801913010048.
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