Impact of Weather on Transit Ridership in Chicago, Illinois

This paper explores the weather–ridership relationship and its potential applications in transit operations and planning. Using the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) in Illinois as a case study, the paper investigates the impact of five weather elements (temperature, rain, snow, wind, and fog) on daily bus and rail ridership and variation across modes, day types, and seasons. The resulting relationships are applied to the CTA ridership trend analysis, showing how preliminary findings may change after controlling for weather. The paper emphasizes the importance of having a theoretical framework encompassing weather and travel.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/2034-01
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• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Impact+of+Weather+on+Transit+Ridership+in+Chicago%2c+Illinois&author=Z.+Guo&author=N.+Wilson&author=A.+Rahbee&publication_year=2007
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• Authors:
  • Guo, Zhan
  • Wilson, Nigel H M
  • Rahbee, Adam
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 3-10
• Monograph Title: Transit: Marketing, Bus, and Paratransit
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2034
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Case studies; Mode choice; Public transit; Rail transit; Ridership; Theoretical studies; Travel; Weather conditions
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01047639
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309104616
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 8 2007 6:49PM