Transactions on Transport Sciences 2025, 16(1):50-59 | DOI: 10.5507/tots.2024.018

Dwell Time Variability at Bus Bays at Six Lane Road of Araniko Highway: Impact of Passenger Attributes and Bus Variation

Raju Bhelea*, Bishnu Prasad Devkotab
a. Department of Civil Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal
b. Grid Development Department, Nepal Electricity Authority, Kathmandu, Nepal

This paper investigates the variation in dwell time at bus bays along the Araniko Highway's six lanes road section, focusing on the impact of bus variations and passenger characteristics. Dwell time, defines as the duration a bus remains at a station for passenger to board and alight, plays a crucial role in transit effectiveness. Understanding the factors contributing to its variability is essential for optimizing transportation system. The study showed that passenger carrying kids, elderly passengers and children had the longest boarding times. Additionally, the presence of steps at door slows down the boarding and alighting process, resulting longer duration for elderly passenger, passenger carrying small kids and children to alight than for teenager. This study aims to explore the behaviour of the driver concerning the length of stops. The analysis revealed that buses stopping to pick up additional passengers remained stopped for longer period. Compared to the young teenagers, elderly passengers boarded and alighted at a rate that was 17.23% higher. In conclusion, allowing more time for elderly passengers to board and alight is recommend. Similarly, the average rate of boarding and alighting for children and passenger with kids were 7% and 11.5% higher than young teenagers respectively. Multiple regression models were generated for this investigation using alighting and boarding number of passengers. All statistical conclusions were derived with a 95% confidence interval. Based on the R-squared, F-Statistic, and model validation tests, it was determined that the dwell time models developed were statistically significant at a 95% confidence level. In conclusion, this study highlights the significance of impact of passenger attributes and bus variation at the bus bays on the dwell time variability along the Araniko Highway in optimizing bus services reliability and improve overall transit performance.

Keywords: Dwell time; Public Transportation; Passenger's Characteristics; Transporation Mode; Regression Analysis

Received: December 9, 2023; Revised: September 7, 2024; Accepted: September 17, 2024; Prepublished online: January 28, 2025; Published: April 26, 2025  Show citation

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Bhele, R., & Devkota, B.P. (2025). Dwell Time Variability at Bus Bays at Six Lane Road of Araniko Highway: Impact of Passenger Attributes and Bus Variation. Transactions on Transport Sciences, 16(1), 50-59. doi: 10.5507/tots.2024.018
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