Ridership Estimation of New LRT System: A Direct Demand Model Approach
Light Rail Transit (LRT) systems offer high capacity and enhanced quality of services at a relatively low investment and operating cost compared to other fixed route modes. The potential introduction of an LRT system is inevitably related to proper estimation of its ridership; this is particularly true for cases of no prior experience in the use of such modes. This paper presents a practical approach for developing a direct demand model, for the case of a planned LRT system in Cyprus. The proposed approach is based on existing traffic demand data and limited roadside surveys. Results indicate that the introduction of the proposed LRT would attract 23000 passengers in a daily basis and shift a small percentage of traffic to the system.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP075 Light Rail Transit.
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Authors:
- Kepaptsoglou, Konstantinos
- Stathopoulos, Antony
- Karlaftis, Matthew G
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
- Date: 2015
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 18p
- Monograph Title: TRB 94th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Light rail transit; Quality of service; Ridership; Transportation planning; Travel demand
- Geographic Terms: Cyprus
- Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01551788
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 15-1000
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Jan 27 2015 11:24AM