Exploring the robustness of public transportation system on augmented network: A case from Nanjing China

Kun Jin, Wei Wang, Xinran Li, Xuedong Hua and Shaoyang Qin

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2022, vol. 608, issue P1

Abstract: A highly robust urban public transportation network is the foundation for the stable and sustainable development of a city. Managers may benefit from a reasonable investigation into the robustness of the public transportation system to recognize and deliver improved public transportation services. This paper developed a robustness analysis framework for public transportation systems on augmented network (AN). Specifically, an AN was first built to treat the public transit network from a multi-layer perspective. The AN carefully considers the boarding, alighting, riding and transfer behaviors, and develops cost functions under the congestion effect, thus sufficiently simulating the real passengers’ behaviors. Then, the user equilibrium (UE) assignment model, a model widely used for passenger flow forecasting, is applied to guide the robustness analysis under cascading failures. Finally, a real large-scale bus–rail hybrid network in Nanjing is used as a case study. The results show that the initial station capacities are significant to the impact of the cascading failure, from which we conclude that a larger initial capacity of stations can prevent the cascading failures. By investigating the relationship between passenger flow and cascade size, the comparative results further explain the mechanisms of cascading failures. Thanks to the AN and UE, three types of travel times can be compared to reflect the quality of public passenger trips, which should provide traffic managers with pertinent advice for improving service.

Keywords: Urban public transportation system; Robustness; Augmented network; Traffic assignment; Cascading failure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037843712200810X
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only. Journal offers the option of making the article available online on Science direct for a fee of $3,000

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:608:y:2022:i:p1:s037843712200810x

DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2022.128252

Access Statistics for this article

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications is currently edited by K. A. Dawson, J. O. Indekeu, H.E. Stanley and C. Tsallis

More articles in Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().