A new modelling tool will make public transport investment decision-making easier, by clarifying the economic relationship between prices, service levels and patronage. The aim of this research project was to develop an economic modelling tool which would help the transport sector in making public transport investment decisions. Developed between 2011 and 2013 by Nick Allison of Logic Partners, in association with David Lupton and Associates and Ian Wallis Associates, the model was tested on bus public transport in the Waikato region, then detailed in an Excel workbook, which can be expanded to include other regions and public transport modes. The result is a theoretical model that can be used for estimating optimal regional public transport fares and subsidies. The model is built into a flexible software platform that incrementally models the expected changes to regional public transport services (for example, to demand and patronage) as a result of changes to prices (which includes both fares and subsidies).
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机译：通过阐明价格，服务水平和乘客量之间的经济关系，新的建模工具将使公共交通投资决策更加容易。该研究项目的目的是开发一种经济建模工具，该工具将帮助运输部门制定公共交通投资决策。该模型由Logic Partners的Nick Allison于2011年至2013年与David Lupton and Associates和Ian Wallis Associates联合开发，并在怀卡托地区的公交公共交通上进行了测试，然后在Excel工作簿中进行了详细说明，该手册可以扩展为包括其他地区和公共交通方式。结果是一个理论模型，可用于估算最佳区域公共交通票价和补贴。该模型内置于一个灵活的软件平台中，该平台逐步模拟由于价格变化（包括票价和补贴）而导致的区域公共交通服务的预期变化（例如，需求和乘客量）。
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