Variational Bayes method for estimating transit route OD flows using APC data.

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• Alternative Title:
  USDOT region V regional university transportation center final report : variational Bayes method for estimating transit route OD flows using APC data.
• Creators:
  Mishalani, Rabi G. ; McCord, Mark R. ; Goel, Prem K.
• Corporate Creators:
  Ohio State University. Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration ; University Transportation Centers Program (U.S.) ; NEXTRANS Center (U.S.) ; Purdue University
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Boarding and alighting
  • Bus routes
  • Metropolitan planning organizations
  • Origin and destination
  • Passenger counting
  • Traffic flow
  • Transit buses
  • Transit operating agencies
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Purdue University ; NEXTRANS Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The focus of this study is on the use of large quantities of APC data to estimate OD flows ; for transit bus routes. Since most OD flow estimation methodologies based on boarding and ; alighting counts were developed before the prevalence of APC technologies, the value of large ; quantities of APC boarding and alighting data are not effectively utilized in previously ; developed estimation methodologies (Ji et al., 2014; Ji et al., 2015). More specifically, many OD ; estimation methodologies – such as the well-known and extensively used Iterative Proportional ; Fitting (IPF) procedure (Ben-Akiva et al., 1985; Bacharach, 1970) in its most commonly ; implemented form – predominantly rely on aggregated boarding and alighting counts to ; determine a time-of-day period OD flow matrix, where the aggregation is performed by stop ; across bus trips.
• Format:
  PDF
• Alternate URL:
  http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/nextrans/assets/pdfs/new/125OSUY2.1%20Variational%20Bayes%20Method%20for%20Estimating%20Transit%20Route%20OD%20Flows%20Using%20APC%20Data_final%20report.pdf
• Funding:
  DTRT12-G-UTC05
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32456/dot_32456_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 311.29 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:840b0c00a68990a5a44ba730dc65974e9baa0c597835f1e1df73b49cfaebeb3a