A Methodology to Estimate Passenger Flow: Riverside Line, Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, Boston, MA

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• Creators:
  Kwok, Betty S.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration. Transportation Systems Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Office of Planning Management and Demonstrations ; United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Office of Transportation Management
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Public transit
  • Transit vehicle operations
  • Scheduling
  • Routes
  • Ridership
  • Traffic flow
  • Passenger traffic
  • Data collection
  • Surveys
  • Simulation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-UMTA-80-46;UMTA-MA-06-0074-81-3
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1526731
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Boston (Massachusetts)
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
• Description:
  This report presents the results and description of a methodology to collect boarding and deboarding passenger data and to estimate for each station along the route an average passenger flow profile by half-hourly time periods. Such profiles can then be fed into a scheduling model which simulates and accommodates passenger congestion at various points in time. It is a culmination of several small scale passenger surveys and a statistical model employing indicator variables and the survey data to estimate the station and time factors for the derivation of average flow rates per minute. Validation of the model was carried out, which strengthened previous findings but indicated a need for modification when the model was applied toward routes that link up heterogenous geographical areas. The results prove that relatively inexpensive sampling techniques can result in acceptable estimates of ridership by route.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10395/dot_10395_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.91 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d861c710e632e643cacfd4b39f821392a7ca8b118526d6e9ae69f91c03208cba