Ridership Models at the Stop Level

Details

• Creators:
  Chu, Xuehao
• Corporate Creators:
  University of South Florida. National Center for Transit Research (U.S.) ; University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
• Contributors:
  Ausman, John
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Office of Research and Special Programs ; Florida. Department of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Level of service
  • Accessibility
  • Demographics
  • Boarding
  • Public transit
  • Buses
  • Trolley cars
  • Weekday boarding
  • Transit Level of Service (TLOS)
  • Street environment for pedestrians
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  NCTR-473-04 ; BC137-31
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of South Florida. Center for Urban Transportation Research
• Abstract:
  This report documents the development of a ridership model at the stop level for Transit Level of Service (TLOS), a software package of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) for measuring transit availability and mobility. This report is in two separate parts. This first part discusses issues in formulating a ridership model on several aspects, including literature review, the study area, analytical framework, data needs, and model-formulation issues. For each issue, the discussion focuses on the alternative approaches to dealing with the issue, any resolution, and CUTR’s recommendation, if different from the resolution. The second part discusses the data made available by Kittelson and Associates, Inc. under a separate contract with the FDOT, the data used for model estimation, and the selection of a final model. The final model relates average weekday boarding at a TLOS stop with six categories of factors: 1) socio-demographics in a catchment area; 2) TLOS value; 3) the street environment for pedestrians; 4) accessibility to population and employment; 5) interaction with other modes; and 6) competition with other TLOS stops. Despite some data limitations, the model fits the data well and behaves as expected.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRS98-G-0032
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64250/dot_64250_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 582.66 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:eabac8c5247e2ee88c40b27068527ad17cd2dac0fd3fa854527f745e41518c4c