Vol. 7 No. 2 (2008): Revista UIS Ingenierías
Articles

Methods to determine the quality of the urban bus service

Domingo Ernesto Dueñas-Ruiz
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Bio
Henry Jaimes-Monsalve
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Bio

Published 2008-12-03

Keywords

  • Urban Transportation,
  • Service Quality,
  • Service Level

How to Cite

Dueñas-Ruiz, D. E., & Jaimes-Monsalve, H. (2008). Methods to determine the quality of the urban bus service. Revista UIS Ingenierías, 7(2). Retrieved from https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistauisingenierias/article/view/60

Abstract

This paper shows a description about UPV and TCQSM methods, developed to determinate quality and service level in urban collective public transit by bus, in order to provide a framework which permits to make a comparison of these two (2) methods to obtain the compatibility degree among formulated scales of service level. As a result of this research, this paper presents contributions of analyzed methods to measure service quality of urban collective public transit by bus. 

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