Research Article
Identifying Relevant Transfer-Connections from Entry-Only Automatic Fare Collection Data: The Case Study of Porto
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-38822-5_5, author={Joana Hora and Teresa Galv\"{a}o and Ana Camanho}, title={Identifying Relevant Transfer-Connections from Entry-Only Automatic Fare Collection Data: The Case Study of Porto}, proceedings={Intelligent Transport Systems. From Research and Development to the Market Uptake. Third EAI International Conference, INTSYS 2019, Braga, Portugal, December 4--6, 2019}, proceedings_a={INTSYS}, year={2020}, month={1}, keywords={Public Transportation Transfers Automatic Fare Collection}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-38822-5_5} }- Joana Hora
Teresa Galvão
Ana Camanho
Year: 2020
Identifying Relevant Transfer-Connections from Entry-Only Automatic Fare Collection Data: The Case Study of Porto
INTSYS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38822-5_5
Abstract
The synchronization of Public Transportation (PT) systems usually considers a simplified network to optimize the flows of passengers at the principal axes of the network. This work aims to identify the most relevant transfer-connections in a PT network. This goal is pursued with the development of a methodology to identify relevant transfer-connections from entry-only Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) data. The methodology has three main steps: the implementation of the Trip-Chaining-Method (TCM) to estimate the alighting stops of each AFC record, the identification of transfers, and finally, the selection of relevant transfer-connections. The adequacy of the methodology was demonstrated with its implementation to the case study of Porto. This methodology can also be applied to PT systems using entry-exit AFC data, and in that case, the TCM would not be required.