The report examines the extent to which appropriate levels of transport reliability are delivered, examining experience in each of the major ITF regions. It focuses on national and international movements of passengers and goods on roads and railways. Although reliability has long been identified as central to the quality of transport services, research on valuing reliability and how best to reflect it in assessments of transport projects and policies began only recently. The results of this recent research are reviewed and used as a basis to explore a range of reliability performance measures useful to policy makers in identifying strategies to ensure appropriate levels of reliability. Recommendations are made for possible improvements in transport planning and operations that explicitly incorporate values of reliability. Case studies of commercial operations and a range of policy initiatives across OECD and ITF countries provide examples of analytical tools that can be used to deliver more reliable networks in a cost-effective manner. (Author/publisher)
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