TY - JOUR
T1 - Regularity of public transport usage
T2 - A case study of bus rides in Lisbon, Portugal
AU - Foell, Stefan
AU - Phithakkitnukoon, Santi
AU - Veloso, Marco
AU - Kortuem, Gerd
AU - Bento, Carlos
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Bus data mining
KW - Public transit
KW - Smart card data
KW - Transport usage patterns
KW - Urban computing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85006176275&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5038/2375-0901.19.4.10
DO - 10.5038/2375-0901.19.4.10
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85006176275
SN - 1077-291X
VL - 19
SP - 161
EP - 177
JO - Journal of Public Transportation
JF - Journal of Public Transportation
IS - 4
ER -
