Neural Network and Spatial Model to Estimate Sustainable Transport Demand in an Extensive Metropolitan Area

Antonio A. Barreda-Luna, Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz, Alejandro Flores Rangel and Omar Rodríguez-Abreo
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Antonio A. Barreda-Luna: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Alejandro Flores Rangel: Industrial Technologies Division, Universidad Politécnica de Querétaro, Querétaro 76240, Mexico
Omar Rodríguez-Abreo: Industrial Technologies Division, Universidad Politécnica de Querétaro, Querétaro 76240, Mexico

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: Urban renewal projects worldwide focus mainly on resolving motorized, personal, and low occupancy problems instead of sustainable mobility. As part of the process, traditional field audits have a high cost in time and resources. This paper reviews a spatial model of accessibility and habitability of the streets, oriented to the location of the volume of people moving sustainably out of an extensive street network. The exercise site is in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Mexico. Here, the population that moves sustainably as the collective (public and enterprise transportation) and the active (cycling, walking, and others) represents a considerable portion (49%) of travelers, thus, confirming the need for intervention. The spatial model is elaborated in a Geographical Information System (GIS), and the main results are compared with the actual public transport demand using a neural networks process. The results of the tool as a predictor have a 91% efficiency, making it possible to determine the location of urban renewal projects related to the volume of people moving sustainably.

Keywords: neural network; spatial model; public transport; estimating demand; sustainable mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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