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Title:

A Model Framework for Analyzing Public Transit Connectivity and Its Application in a Large-scale Multi-modal Transit Network

Accession Number:

01552993

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Public transportation is essential for mobility of users especially in urban areas where transit connectivity plays a crucial role in achieving acceptable travel experience. Improvement of transit connectivity is also a critical component of transit-operations planning. The objective of this research is to develop a unique approach to measure transit connectivity that does not require transit ridership data and transit assignment models. The methodology incorporates a graph theory approach to determine the performance of large-scale multimodal transit networks by quantifying measures of connectivity at multiple levels such as transit stops, links and lines. A connectivity index is developed considering unique qualities of each transit line and stop such as location of nodes in terms of activity density, frequency at which each node is served, capacity of the transit line serving a node and speed of bus or rail serving the line when developing the connectivity index. The methodology is applied (as a case study) in two urban areas to determine public transit connectivity of large multimodal transit system using General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data along with some demographic and socio-economic data. The new connectivity index significantly extends the set of performance analysis tools that decision- makers can use to assess the efficiency of the transit system.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP025 Public Transportation Planning and Development. Alternate title: Model Framework for Analyzing Public Transit Connectivity and Its Application in a Large-Scale Multimodal Transit Network.

Monograph Accession #:

01550057

Report/Paper Numbers:

15-3279

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Sarker, Afrid A
Mishra, Sabyasachee
Welch, Timothy F
Golias, Mihalis M
Torrens, Paul M

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2015

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-3279

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 30 2014 1:06PM