Transit Tracking: Automatic Passenger Counting Systems and Tracking Ridership

This article outlines the general concept and use of automatic passenger counting systems (APC) and passenger tracking systems. Such information is useful for determining trip and route ridership, the times and frequencies of travel, and stop data. These systems are advantageous over manual methods where system personnel log data by hand. Two major difficulties with the installation of an APC, the article notes, are finding a good sensor location and a full door hatch. Data security is also discussed through the case example of the Utah Transportation Authority’s (UTA) light rail system’s APC. The benefits of APC that are listed include a better knowledge of the customer base that allows for schedule modification, better accuracy than manual counting and cost, better tracking of ridership patterns on holidays and the like, and aiding in the elimination of service where it is not needed.

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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1794668
• Authors:
  • Rakebrandt, Andreas
• Publication Date: 2007-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 28-34
• Serial:
  • Mass Transit
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Cygnus Publishing, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0364-3484
  • Serial URL: http://www.masstransitmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Passenger counting; Passenger traffic; Passenger traffic measurement; Public transit; Ridership
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01042903
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 2007 1:19PM