Analysis of the Passenger Flow Transfer Capacity of a Bus-Subway Transfer Hub in an Urban Multi-Mode Transportation Network

Yuwei Yang, Jun Chen and Zexingjian Du
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Yuwei Yang: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Jun Chen: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Zexingjian Du: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-22

Abstract: In the context of a rapid developing urban economy and the increasing number of motor vehicles, urban commuting transportation has witnessed a serious mismatch between the supply of and the demand for transportation network resources. In developing an urban multi-mode traffic network, using a urban traffic transfer hub to coordinate the transportation capabilities among different traffic networks is perceived to be highly effective for exploring the network transportation capacity of an entire transportation system, and improving travel efficiency and experiences for the public. Based on the super-network model, this paper develops a topological structure for a multi-mode traffic network, in which two typical combined travel modes are selected to establish the path impedance function for that network. Moreover, the multi-mode traffic allocation model and the solving algorithm are constructed in the research. The paper studies the impact of two types of factors related to the transfer capacity of passenger flows based on the regular traffic network of a bus-and-subway transfer hub using a sensitivity analysis of the transfer time and the associated penalty. The findings suggest that both changes in transfer walking time and the transfer penalty have no significant effect on the bus passenger flow.

Keywords: multi-mode traffic network; transfer hub; passenger flow transfer capacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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