Hyperpaths in Network Based on Transit Schedules
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2012
Subject Area
ridership - behaviour, operations - coordination, operations - scheduling, operations - frequency
Keywords
passenger behaviour, route choice, frequency based transit
Abstract
The concept of a hyperpath was introduced for handling passenger strategies in route choice behavior for public transit, especially in a frequency-based transit service environment. This model for handling route choice behavior has been widely used for planning transit services, and hyperpaths are now applied in areas beyond public transit. A hyperpath representing more specific passenger behaviors on a network based on transit schedules is proposed. A link-based time-expanded (LBTE) network for transit schedules is introduced; in the network each link represents a scheduled vehicle trip (or trip segment) with departure time and travel time (or arrival time) between two consecutive stops. The proposed LBTE network reduces the effort to build a network based on transit schedules because the network is expanded with scheduled links. A link-based representation of a hypergraph with existing hyperpath model properties that is directly integrated with the LBTE network is also proposed. Transit passenger behavior was incorporated for transfers in the link-based hyperpath. The efficiency of the proposed hyperpath model was demonstrated. The proposed models were applied on a test network and a real transit network represented by the general specification of Google's transit feed.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Transportation Research Board, Washington, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Noh, H., Hickman, M., & Khani, A. (2012). Hyperpaths in Network Based on Transit Schedules. Transportation Research Record, Vol. 2284, pp. 29-39. Published by Transportation Research Board, Washington.
