Regularity of public transport usage

Foell, Stefan; Phithakkitnukoon, Santi; Veloso, Marco; Kortuem, Gerd; Bento, C.

Regularity of public transport usage

A case study of bus rides in Lisbon, Portugal

Journal article (2016)

Authors

Stefan Foell Open University

Santi Phithakkitnukoon Chiang Mai University

Marco Veloso Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra – ISEC

Gerd Kortuem

C. Bento Universidade de Coimbra

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2016

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English

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Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of regularity in public transport usage based on a large-scale bus transportation data of Lisbon, Portugal. By exploring the combined information from the bus boarding history of riders and bus arrivals at each bus stop, an analysis of individual bus usage was performed. Daily and weekly patterns were extracted, from which it was observed that a rider takes, on average, 2 trips, visits 1.93 distinct stops, and uses 1.55 distinct bus lines daily. Inter-trip time analysis revealed a daily cycle, and a study of the interaction between riders and bus infrastructure explored how usage was concentrated on particular bus lines and stops.

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