Abstract
 Examining the Potential Travelers in Catchments Areas for Public Transport Track: Transportation Author(s): Alex Landex, Stephen Hansen High-quality public transport systems like light raila have fewer stops than transport systems of lower quality e.g. buses. Because of the fewer stops, it is important that the stops be optimally located. This means that the stops should be located in areas with a high potential of travelers (e.g., in dense housing/workplace/shopping areas), so that as many passengers as possible will use the transport system. The potential of travelers in the catchments area can be examined using simple overlay analysis based on buffers around the stops. However, this method does not take into account the actual access time to the stop. Using Network Analyst, we have calculated more exact access times to the stops and there by improved the accuracy. Still it is necessary to perform overlay analysis to examine the competition between different lines and thereby increase the potential amount of travelers on the line. Alex Landex Technical University of Denmark Centre for Traffic and Transport Bygningstorvet - Bygning 115 Kgs. Lyngby , null DK-2800 DK Phone: +45 4525 1486 Fax: +45 4593 6412 E-mail: al@ctt.dtu.dk Stephen Hansen Technical University of Denmark Centre for Traffic and Transport Bygningstorvet, Building 115 Kgs. Lyngby 2800 DK Phone: +45 4525 1495 Fax: +45 4593 6412 E-mail: sha@ctt.dtu.dk |
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