Estimation of transit demand models for enhancing ridership
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMilind Naphade, Sambit Sahu
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Abstract
A method of estimating a transit demand graph includes collecting conditional information that includes at least one condition that when satisfied converts at least one non-rider into a rider, generating a non-rider transit demand graph by satisfying one of the conditions, and generating a normalized transit demand graph from the non-rider transit demand graph and a rider transit demand graph. The riders use public transit and the non-riders do not use public transit. The non-rider transit demand graph shows the demand of the non-riders for a public transit route. The rider transit demand graph shows the demand of riders for the same public transit route.
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A method of estimating a transit demand graph, the method comprising:
- collecting non-rider conditional information that includes at least one non-rider condition that when satisfied converts at least one non-rider into a rider, wherein non-riders do not use a public transit route;
- generating, by a processor, a non-rider transit demand graph by satisfying one of the non-rider conditions, wherein the non-rider transit demand graph shows the demand of the non-riders for the public transit route;
- collecting rider conditional information that includes at least one rider condition that when satisfied converts at least one rider into a non-rider, wherein riders use the public transit route, wherein collecting the rider conditional information comprises parsing survey results for feedback on changes proposed by a survey that would encourage a rider to become a non-rider and deriving the rider conditions from the feedback;
- generating, by a processor, a rider transit demand graph by satisfying one of the rider conditions, wherein the rider transit demand graph shows the demand of the riders for the public transit route;
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- generating a normalized transit demand graph from the non-rider transit demand graph and a rider transit demand graph.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-executable instructions to perform method steps for estimating a transit demand graph, the method steps comprising:
- collecting non-rider conditional information that includes at least one non-rider condition that when satisfied converts at least one non-rider into a rider, wherein non-riders do not use a public transit route;
- generating a non-rider transit demand graph by satisfying one of the non-rider conditions, wherein the non-rider transit demand graph shows the demand of the non-riders for the public transit route;
- collecting rider conditional information that includes at least one rider condition that when satisfied converts at least one rider into a non-rider, wherein riders use the public transit route, wherein collecting the rider conditional information comprises parsing survey results for feedback on changes proposed by a survey that would encourage a rider to become a non-rider and deriving the rider conditions from the feedback;
- generating a rider transit demand graph by satisfying one of the rider conditions, wherein the rider transit demand graph shows the demand of the riders for the public transit route;
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- generating a normalized transit demand graph from the non-rider transit demand graph and a rider transit demand graph.
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