Application of Intelligent Transportation Systems in Analyses of Human Spatial Mobility in Cities

Borowska-Stefańska, Marta; Kowalski, Michał; Kurzyk, Paulina; Mikušová, Miroslava; Wiśniewski, Szymon

doi:10.4467/2543859xpkg.21.001.14944

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“…10). Moreover, the high congestion on the roads in Łódź (Borowska-Stefańska et al, 2021) is also partially due to low car occupancy (on working days it is 1.27 persons/vehicle and on Sundays it is 2.01 persons/vehicle), which -given the high share of private cars in the total number of trips -has a profound impact on the efficiency of the road and street transport subsystem (Borowska-Stefańska et al, 2019). The low car occupancy is not a phenomenon specifically attributable to Łódź when compared to other Polish cities (Dębowska-Mróz & Zawisza, 2018;Dudek, 2016).…”

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Changeability of transport behaviour in a large city from the perspective of working days and Sundays: The case of Łódź, Poland

Wiśniewski¹,

Borowska-Stefańska²,

Dulebenets³

et al. 2023

Moravian Geographical Reports

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The transport behaviour of Lodz residents with a view to constructing a balanced traffic model to include both private and public transport is examined in this paper. A survey was conducted among 6,000 Łódź citizens using mixed-mode techniques: CAWI and CATI: respondents were asked to complete a travel log for the previous day and the previous Sunday. This served as a basis for further analyses, performed with PTV simulation software, following a four-step model. The main results of the study are presented, including the mobility rate of Łódź residents, the motivations and duration of journeys, and the division of transport tasks into workdays and Sundays, indicating that a higher private carload is typical for home-other and other-home trips on Sundays compared to working days. The number of home to work and work-home trips via private cars is higher for working days compared to Sundays. Furthermore, the simulated traffic load of the public transport system is much higher for working days compared to Sundays. A higher percentage of non-motorised trips and longer trip duration are found to be common for Sundays as well.

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Changeability of transport behaviour in a large city from the perspective of working days and Sundays: The case of Łódź, Poland

Wiśniewski¹,

Borowska-Stefańska²,

Dulebenets³

et al. 2023

Moravian Geographical Reports

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“…The second type of data is empirical measurements from induction loops that feed the local intelligent transport system with information to improve traffic management. The measurements are performed by induction-loop sensors installed in each lane ahead of the intersections [46]. The analyses took into account measurements from the peak hour related to the shopping centre for the period prior to the implementation of retail restrictions (a Sunday in February 2018, between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m.) and when the restrictions were gradually introduced (trading and nontrading Sundays in February 2019).…”

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Changes in Costs Incurred by Car Users of the Local Transport System Due to the Implementation of Sunday Retail Restrictions

Borowska-Stefańska

Kowalski²,

Majewska³

et al. 2022

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The correlation between retail trade and the transport system is clear. Shops are customer oriented, and to visit them, the shopper needs to travel by a mode of transport and find a suitable time to do so. Due to the concentration of retail outlets in large-format shopping centres, these have become among the greatest attractors and traffic generators (including car traffic). While their attraction potential and traffic generation are well established in the literature, research on disruptions to the retail market and their impact on the transport system remains sparse. The authors—wishing to extend the scope of research on this subject matter—set themselves the objective of examining the extent to which Sunday retail restrictions affect the efficiency of the local road transport system. They applied time-measured costs (queuing and delayed travel times) as a measure of efficiency. Empirical measurements of traffic volumes were employed in the study, and the measure of efficiency was calculated through microsimulation traffic modelling based on a psychophysical car-following model. However, the returned results prove to be inconclusive. A decrease in the temporal cost incurred by road users is observed in areas around shopping centres located in the city centre and the outskirts. A different pattern, however, is observed close to shopping centres located on an axis connecting the city centre to residential areas. The main conclusion from this study is that the changes in traffic density seen due to Sunday retail restrictions should induce further analyses of the changes in the spatial and temporal distribution of traffic. As a result, a more efficient traffic management that is adjusted to a given day of the week and specific situation on that day could be implemented.

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“…The third main source of data on the transport behaviour of the population in Łódź (besides the results of the questionnaire survey and data on the number of tickets validated in public transport vehicles) are empirical measurements made by induction loops supporting the ITS system in Łódź [77]. The data was collected between 2016 and 2022, although this study employs only data from the years 2019-2022.…”

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Changes to the Transport Behaviour of Inhabitants of a Large City Due the Pandemic

Borowska-Stefańska,

Dulebenets,

Koneczny

et al. 2024

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On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) classified the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic and, in consequence, many countries took steps to prevent the importation and subsequent local transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, resulting in restrictions on economic activity, transport, travel, and daily mobility. Although the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on daily mobility have been widely addressed in the literature, there is a limited number of studies that indicate to what extent these changes have become permanent. The purpose of this study was to determine the nature and scale of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the local transport system of a large city in Poland (Łódź) and, above all, to identify the permanence of this impact. To accomplish these objectives, a questionnaire survey was conducted using the computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) technique on a sample of 500 residents, which included questions on daily mobility in the period before (autumn 2019) and after (autumn 2022) the pandemic. In addition, the results of the questionnaire survey were juxtaposed with data from intelligent transport systems (ITS) (data from 20 induction loops, and data on the number of tickets validated in public transport vehicles). Not only did the pandemic change the frequency of spatial motivations, but it also affected trip durations and preferred modes of transport. The most unfavourable changes concern the modal division and the increase in the use of private transport at the expense of public transport. Understanding the durability of the impact of the pandemic on changes in the spatial mobility of the population may help to develop transport policies and increase the resilience of transport systems to possible future pandemics.

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Application of Intelligent Transportation Systems in Analyses of Human Spatial Mobility in Cities

Cited by 6 publications

References 58 publications

Changeability of transport behaviour in a large city from the perspective of working days and Sundays: The case of Łódź, Poland

Changeability of transport behaviour in a large city from the perspective of working days and Sundays: The case of Łódź, Poland

Changes in Costs Incurred by Car Users of the Local Transport System Due to the Implementation of Sunday Retail Restrictions

Changes to the Transport Behaviour of Inhabitants of a Large City Due the Pandemic

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