Modelling Public Transport Passenger Flows in the Era of Intelligent Transport Systems COST Action TU1004 (TransITS) /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gentile, Guido (Editor), Noekel, Klaus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Operations research.; Management science.; Transportation engineering.; Traffic engineering.; Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering.; Operations Research, Management Science.

This book shows how transit assignment models can be used to describe and predict the patterns of network patronage in public transport systems. It provides a fundamental technical tool that can be employed in the process of designing, implementing and evaluating measures and/or policies to improve...

Table of Contents:

• The role of public transport in sustainable cities and regions
• Forms of public transport
• ITS technologies for public transport
• Purpose of modeling
• Data representation and collection
• Basic modelling frameworks
• Demand and supply phenomena
• Modelling the diversity and integration of transit modes
• Modeling software and advanced applications
• Future developments and research topics.