Mapping spatial patterns of bus usage under varying local temperature conditions

Jonathan Corcoran and Sui Tao

Journal of Maps, 2017, vol. 13, issue 1, 74-81

Abstract: Weather influences our daily travel decisions in a number of important ways. At the individual scale, weather has been shown to influence trip-making behaviours where inclement conditions can induce re-scheduling, re-routing and cancellation of a planned journey. Furthermore at the transit system-level, poor weather can increase traffic congestion and reduce operational efficiencies. While some research has examined the weather–transit relationship, focus on the spatial dimension remain in their infancy. In this paper we adopt a visual analytic approach to spatially explore the complex weather–transit relationship at a micro geographical scale. We demonstrate that through spatially integrating a large disaggregate smart card database of bus ridership with hourly local weather measurements we can reveal how ‘heat stress’ changes the way in which passengers use the public transit system in sub-tropical Brisbane, Australia. Our approach has the potential for broader application across other public and private transport and climatic contexts to unveil the way in which weather influences our daily travel behaviour.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/17445647.2017.1378933

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