期刊名称: |
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies |
全部作者: |
Meng Zhou,Donggen Wang,Qingquan Li,Yang Yue,Wei Tu,Rui Cao |
出版年份: |
2017 |
卷 号: |
75 |
期 号: |
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页 码: |
17–29 |
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The existing studies concerning the influence of weather on public transport have mainly
focused on the impacts of average weather conditions on the aggregate ridership of public
transit. Not much research has examined these impacts at disaggregate levels. This study
aims to fill this gap by accounting for intra-day variations in weather as well as public
transport ridership and investigating the effect of weather on the travel behavior of individual
public transit users. We have collected smart card data for public transit and meteorological
records from Shenzhen, China for the entire month of September 2014. The data
allow us to establish association between the system-wide public transit ridership and
weather condition on not only daily, but also hourly basis and for each metro station. In
addition, with the detailed trip records of individual card holders, the travel pattern by
public transit are constructed for card holders and this pattern is linked to the weather conditions
he/she has experienced. Multivariate modeling approach is applied to analyze the
influence of weather on public transit ridership and the travel behavior of regular transit
users. Results show that some weather elements have more influence than others on public
transportation. Metro stations located in urban areas are more vulnerable to outdoor
weather in regard to ridership. Regular transit users are found to be rather resilient to
changes in weather conditions. Findings contribute to a more in-depth understanding of
the relationship between everyday weather and public transit travels and also provide
valuable information for short-term scheduling in transit management.