Question

Describe and review the issues related to supplying mass transit services.

Answer 1

Mass transit which can be also called as public transportation or mass transportation is a movement of people from one place to another through buses, trains and metros.

There are many advantages of public transportation, that many people can be carried together from one place to another which results in lower cost of carrying each person and with greater efficiency.

But apart from the benefits there are numerous hindrances for the transportation authorities which they face while supplying these transportation benefits to the people.

These are-

• Capital investments are getting difficult day by day as the government is facing difficulties in managing their own funds and most of the public transporters depend on the government for funds for their operations and therefore it is resulting in greater difficulties for the government as there are no funds left for the public transportation.
• Besides other sectors, the transportation sector is unable to adopt new technologies and unable to move with the advancement of technologies. The lack of capital is the main hindrance because of which there is a lack of legacy systems.
• Inadequacy of public transportation- sometimes there is overuse of the public transport and sometimes under use of the public transportation system. Planning for peak capacity sometimes leaves the system highly unused at the time of peak off hours as low ridership makes services unstable. And sometimes congestion during peak hours.  
• Almost every public transit system is unable to generate sufficient income even to cover its operating costs.
• Data analytics is nowadays considered very important, so that there can be easy access to data. But public transports didn't have this infrastructure to keep every detail of its passengers and other travel information.

These were some of the main hindrances which almost every public transportation facility faces in supplying its service.