Method to Estimate Passenger Flow Using Stored Ticket Gate Data

In this paper, researchers describe a method for passenger flow estimation along an origin and destination (OD) matrix through the use of stored ticket gate data. The system approximates such data within an hour for a system composed of 300 stations. In order to determine passenger paths, researchers ran each passenger OD pair through a series of steps. Potential paths are established, the number of passengers on each path is determined, the number of passengers is stored, compared against the original OD pair, and finally, the number of passengers per link can then be determined. The conductors of 2000 trains compared results of the logit model against verbal reports, and a high level of correlation was attained. Researchers have thus concluded that such a method is germane for passenger estimation in this circumstance.

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• Authors:
  • Myojo, Shuichi
• Publication Date: 2006-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 178-181
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mathematical models; Origin and destination; Passenger traffic measurement; Passenger trains; Railroads; Schedules and scheduling; Traffic estimation
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01041822
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 2007 11:34AM