Why do passengers choose a specific car of a metro train during the morning peak hours?
Crowding on metro trains is an important measure of passenger satisfaction and also provides a criterion for determining service frequency and the number of cars necessary for a train set. Particularly in metropolitan areas during morning peak hours, many studies have revealed a considerable difference in the crowding of specific cars on a single train. To accommodate the impact of this phenomenon in calculating metro capacity, a loading diversity factor has been adopted in many transportation studies. However, the underlying causes behind the uneven nature of carriage loading have rarely been examined in a systematic manner. In particular, there has been no trial to explain the nature of choice within a framework for individual passengers. Under the assumption that the uneven selection might stem from each passenger’s intrinsic preference for a specific car, the present study established a nested logit model to investigate the potential factors affecting the choice of a specific car on a train. Passengers were interviewed as they boarded from the platforms of line 7 of the Seoul Metro during the morning peak hours. Results show that the motivation to minimize the walking distance at destination stations turned out to be the most decisive in determining a passenger’s choice for a specific car of a train.
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- Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Kim, Hyunmi
- Kwon, Sohee
- Wu, Seung Kook
- Sohn, Keemin
- Publication Date: 2014-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 249-258
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
- Volume: 61
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0965-8564
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Boarding; Crowds; Logits; Metropolitan areas; Morning; Passengers; Peak periods; Rail transit
- Uncontrolled Terms: Train overcrowding
- Geographic Terms: Seoul (Korea)
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01523659
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 29 2014 10:50AM