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https://doi.org/10.3141/2382-19

http://scholar.google.com...kman&publication_year=2013

This study exploits electronic fare collection data to examine the symmetry of boardings and alightings along a transit route. The symmetry of boardings and alightings is arguably the most important concept in the estimation of travel distances such as average trip lengths and passenger miles from data from entry-only fare collection systems. The paper shows the ways such data can be used to examine the symmetry of boardings and alightings through travel patterns in spatial and temporal dimensions. A novel method for aggregating stops, especially for the nearest stops in the opposite direction, is used to compare boardings in one direction with alightings in the opposite direction. Spatially, the method allows examination of the characteristics of boardings and alightings in a spatial dimension. Temporally, the method examines whether a specific and symmetric passenger flow is observed between specific periods (e.g., between morning and afternoon peaks). A case study of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, region is performed by using automatically collected data from Metro Transit. Automatic fare collection data reveal considerable variation in passenger flow between specific periods. The use of automated passenger-counting data shows this variation to be statistically significant when both temporal and spatial symmetry are examined on an individual day.

01506861

13-4985

English

pp 173–180

2013

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309286985

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Figures (3) ; References (29) ; Tables (4)

Automated toll collection; Boarding and alighting; Case studies; Cluster analysis; Data collection; Passengers; Public transit; Symmetry; Time periods; Traffic flow

Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (Minnesota)

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

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 5 2013 12:57PM

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