RIDERSHIP FORECASTING FOR CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY'S WEST CORRIDOR PROJECT

The Chicago Transit Authority is reviewing existing West Corridor rail services. A spreadsheet version of the Chicago Area Transportation Study's mode choice model was developed for the project to estimate the impact of service revisions on ridership. Ridership calculations are carried out for Chicago community areas, a level of detail that permits the model to be implemented within a reasonably sized spreadsheet. The spreadsheet's organization is discussed, and procedures to estimate inputs to the mode choice model--access and the line-haul characteristics faced by riders--are outlined. This approach is critiqued and contrasted with conventional network-based travel demand models.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1402, Public Transit: Current Research in Planning, Marketing, Operations, and Technology. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Eash, Ronald W
  • Dallmeyer, Kenneth
  • Cook, Richard
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 40-42
• Monograph Title: Public transit: current research in planning, marketing, operations, and technology
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1402
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communities; Mathematical models; Mode choice; Ridership; Spreadsheets; Transportation
• Identifier Terms: Chicago Area Transportation Study
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation models
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00641362
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 5 1994 12:00AM