DefinePK

Abstract

Currently, different countries and regions have their own classification methods and standards defining urban public transport or the modes. These classification standards are adjusted over time as new means of transport and transport technologies arise. What the crucial is that government should judge advantage of the transport or the modes firstly, allow the use of public finances as a subsidy. This study considers the service excludability of urban transport (whether it is open to all residents) and the utilization efficiency of public resources (whether there is intensive land utilization of road space and time resources). The “publicity measurement” index is proposed for urban rail transit, the rapid transit bus, the conventional public bus (tram), the taxi, public bicycle, school bus, private compact car and other common transport modes. The “publicity measurement” index is calculated and analyzed to quantitatively characterize the “publicity” of different modes of transport.