Transit Traffic Analysis Zone Delineating Method Based on Thiessen Polygon

Shuwei Wang, Lishan Sun, Jian Rong and Zifan Yang
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Shuwei Wang: College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology, No.100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China
Lishan Sun: College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology, No.100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China
Jian Rong: College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology, No.100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China
Zifan Yang: College of Metropolitan Transportation, Beijing University of Technology, No.100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China

Sustainability, 2014, vol. 6, issue 4, 1-12

Abstract: A green transportation system composed of transit, busses and bicycles could be a significant in alleviating traffic congestion. However, the inaccuracy of current transit ridership forecasting methods is imposing a negative impact on the development of urban transit systems. Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) delineating is a fundamental and essential step in ridership forecasting, existing delineating method in four-step models have some problems in reflecting the travel characteristics of urban transit. This paper aims to come up with a Transit Traffic Analysis Zone delineation method as supplement of traditional TAZs in transit service analysis. The deficiencies of current TAZ delineating methods were analyzed, and the requirements of Transit Traffic Analysis Zone (TTAZ) were summarized. Considering these requirements, Thiessen Polygon was introduced into TTAZ delineating. In order to validate its feasibility, Beijing was then taken as an example to delineate TTAZs, followed by a spatial analysis of office buildings within a TTAZ and transit station departure passengers. Analysis result shows that the TTAZs based on Thiessen polygon could reflect the transit travel characteristic and is of in-depth research value.

Keywords: urban transit; ridership forecasting; traffic analysis zone; thiessen polygon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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