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A Hybrid Approach Based on SERVQUAL, SERVPERF, and IPA for Measuring Transit Service Quality: With Application for STM, Montreal

A Hybrid Approach Based on SERVQUAL, SERVPERF, and IPA for Measuring Transit Service Quality: With Application for STM, Montreal
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Author(s): Mohamad Haidar (Concordia University, Canada)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 17
Source title: Handbook of Research on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Decision Making for Sustainable Supply Chains
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Anjali Awasthi (Concordia University, Canada)and Katarzyna Grzybowska (Poznan University of Technology, Poland)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9570-0.ch014

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the public perception of the quality of service in the public transit system in Montreal using a combination of analyses and surveys. The results are used to make recommendations to improve the STM and its perception. General guidelines of SERVQUAL with some additional questions that are more specific to the current social environment of the city are presented. A survey was conducted by asking 250 international graduate Concordia students to rate a series of statements based on the importance of the issue and how much they agreed with the statement, the results were analyzed using three methods: SERVQUAL, SERVPERF, and IPA. The improvement of timetable synchronization between different metro lines and buses is crucial, as well as the education of STM employees in terms of dealing with different ethnicities, languages, and backgrounds are found. The chapter is a rare outside look at the STM and how users perceive the quality of the service, as opposed to the usual internal studies done by the organization itself.

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