Bus Passenger Origin-Destination Matrix Estimation Using Available Information from Automatic Data Collection Systems in Chongqing, China

Abstract

This research explores the application of available information from Automated Data Collection Systems (ADC) with a focus on bus passenger Origin-Destination (OD) matrices inference, using Chongqing as a case study. It demonstrates the feasibility and ease of applying to infer bus passengers boarding and alighting locations if boarding information is available from neither Automatic Fare Collection System (AFC) nor GPS data, and is the first known attempt to create an algorism to use stop Geographic Information System (GIS) and dual-direction bus stop group to estimate the boarding location and traveling direction when GPS data cannot provide the arriving information at bus stops. The results of this research have been practically applied to a full-size bus network in Chongqing, and can be easily implemented to other Chinese cities as Chongqing presents most popular data structure of ADC in China.

The value of additional data for public transport origin–destination matrix estimation

“…Moreover, different case studies exist from various PT networks around the world. These include entry-only and/or entry-exit systems from New York (Barry et al 2002), Santiago (Munizaga and Palma 2012), China (Chen and Liu 2016) and London (Wang et al 2011). London is also the case study in this paper.…”