The Built Environment & Transit User Experience at Semi-Outdoor Emerald Express Bus Rapid Transit Stations

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dc.contributor.advisorGillem, Mark
dc.contributor.authorRasool, Sundas
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-01T15:25:05Z
dc.date.available2017-05-01T15:25:05Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-01
dc.description.abstractThis research studied the relationship between transit users’ travel experience and the built environment bus rapid transit (BRT) stations. The study recorded attributes of the built environment and user perceptions at eight Emerald Express stations between Eugene and Springfield, Oregon as case studies. It found that of the attributes studied, transit users’ satisfactions of pedestrian accessibility had strong correlations with their preference of using EmX over a car. It also found that users perceived stations in built environments with spare street shading and commercial land-uses as less safe, and were also less satisfied with weather protection at stations with low street shading. The study found Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) and Predicted Mean Votes (PMV) to mostly identify the same categories of thermal stress. The study developed a rating system to evaluate station performance based on quantitative attributes and suggests short and long term improvements to improve semi-outdoor bus stations.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/22263
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectSafetyen_US
dc.subjectComforten_US
dc.subjectSemi-outdoor bus stationsen_US
dc.subjectSemi-outdoor thermal comforten_US
dc.subjectUser satisfaction at bus stationsen_US
dc.titleThe Built Environment & Transit User Experience at Semi-Outdoor Emerald Express Bus Rapid Transit Stations
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Architecture
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.S.

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