TRAFFIC IN TORONTO - 3, DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSIT TRAFFIC AND FACILITIES

In this paper a continuous model for representing transit service in metropolitan Toronto is developed. For a selected zone system, the length of transit routes and the total seat-km per hour were calculated for all transit services within metropolitan Toronto. The density of these transit quantities was also calculated and then graphed against the distance from the city centre. Various mathematical relationships were derived to help describe how these characteristics of transit service vary with distance from the centre of the city. Finally, the continuous models developed were used in the macroscopic analysis of the metropolitan Toronto transit system. See also IRRD nos. 279625, 279753 and 280971. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • DEVNEY, J
  • VAUGHAN, R
• Publication Date: 1984-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 559-563
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Central business districts; Level of service; Light rail transit; Mathematical models; Network analysis (Planning); Networks; Physical distribution; Public transit; Rapid transit; Routing; Traffic; Transportation; Travel; Urban areas
• Identifier Terms: Toronto Transit Commission
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation networks
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services; Distribution (General)
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 9016: Distribution (gen); 698: Journey; 6473: Mathematical model; 1054: Network (traffic); 744: Public transport; 1181: Rapid transit system; 311: Town centre; 755: Traffic; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General); I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394367
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 204
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM