@misc{10481/64036,
year = {2019},
month = {7},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/64036},
abstract = {In recent times, the increasing demand for mobility has given rise to new projects for improved
public transport (PT) infrastructures. Such is the case of Andaluc ıa (Spain) where, since 2004, the
transit networks were improved and new underground and light rail systems were built. These
investments were made without taking into account the opinion of the citizens. In this context,
this paper expounds the results of a telephone survey conducted in 2015 to record citizens’ opinions
about the investment funneled into local transport infrastructures. The responses were analyzed
through decision trees, in order to identify groups of homogeneous characteristics and
common opinion. The results indicate that most citizens believed investment to have been insufficient,
even though nearly half the respondents affirmed the PT infrastructures in their city were
adequate. The results of the two majority opinion groups showed that: when citizens believe the
PT infrastructures of their city are not adequate, and they are not satisfied with key attributes of
the PT, they hold investment to be insufficient; in contrast, if citizens describe the PT infrastructure
as adequate, they appraise key aspects and support the use of public funding for financing the
PT, then they are satisfied with the investment made. Furthermore, some decision rules, and the
most influential variables in the study problem (PT infrastructures adequacy, coverage, being a
suburban bus user or not, and the support to use public funding for PT) were identified.},
organization = {This work was supported by the European Regional Development
Fund (ERDF) of European Union, and the Public Works Agency and
Regional Ministry of Public Works and Housing of the Regional
Government of Andalusia (Spain) (AOPJA) under Grant G-GI3003/
IDIE via the Researching Project “Tool for the preliminary evaluation
of PT infrastructures”.},
publisher = {Taylor & Francis},
keywords = {public transport investment},
keywords = {Public transport},
keywords = {transport survey},
title = {Citizens’ opinion about investment in public transport projects in cities},
doi = {10.1080/15568318.2019.1630529},
author = {Calvo Poyo, Francisco Javier and Medialdea, Adriana and Ferri García, Ramón},
}