Evaluating passenger robustness in a rail transit network

De-Los-Santos, Alicia; Laporte, Gilbert; Mesa, Juan A.; Perea, Federico

doi:10.1016/j.trc.2010.09.002

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“…Recommendations for improving the robustness of differently-sized metro networks were provided accordingly. De-Los-Santos et al [10] proposed passenger robustness measures for rail transit networks under with and without bridging interruptions and verified the measures on the Madrid commuter system. Cadarso et al [11] studied the disruption management problem of rapid transit rail networks and designed a two-step approach that combined an integrated optimization for the timetable and rolling stock by considering the passenger behavior.…”

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Vulnerability Analysis of Urban Rail Transit Networks: A Case Study of Shanghai, China

2015

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Rail transit is developing rapidly in major cities of China and has become a key component of urban transport. Nevertheless, the security and reliability in operation are significant issues that cannot be neglected. In this paper, the network and station vulnerabilities of the urban rail transit system were analyzed based on complex network and graph theories. A vulnerability evaluation model was proposed by accounting metro interchange and passenger flow and further validated by a case study of Shanghai Metro with full-scale network and real-world traffic data. It is identified that the urban rail transit network is rather robust to random attacks, but is vulnerable to the largest degree node-based attacks and the highest betweenness node-based attacks. Metro stations with a large node degree are more important in maintaining the network size, while stations with a high node betweenness are critical to network efficiency and origin-destination (OD) connectivity. The most crucial stations in maintaining network serviceability do not necessarily have the highest passenger throughput or the largest structural connectivity. A comprehensive evaluation model as proposed is therefore essential to assess station vulnerability, so that attention can be placed on appropriate nodes within the metro system. The findings of this research are of both theoretical and practical significance for urban rail transit network design and performance evaluation.

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Vulnerability Analysis of Urban Rail Transit Networks: A Case Study of Shanghai, China

2015

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“…A common definition of robustness is the ability of a timetable to absorb smaller delays [4,6,7] with or without light dispatching measures.…”

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Evaluation of robustness indicators using railway operation simulation

Jensen¹,

Landex²,

Nielsen³

2014

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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The classical way of evaluating the robustness of railway timetables is the use of microscopic simulation. This is precise and offers a high level of detail, but it also requires a high amount of work. The alternative is to use robustness indicators that directly or indirectly indicate the robustness of a railway system. However, the semantics of these are mainly unknown and indicators are therefore best for comparison of alternatives.The paper therefore reviews and evaluates different robustness indicators against a microscopic simulation. This evaluation show that the indicators compare well to the microscopic simulation and are, to some extent, able to predict the outcome of the simulation.

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“…Nagurney and Qiang [27,28] have measured the robustness of transportation networks with respect to congestion and user behaviour. Recently, De-LosSantos et al [29] have proposed robustness indices for rapid transit systems for two scenarios. Under the first scenario, passengers affected by an interruption have to wait for the failure to be repaired in order to pursue their journey.…”

Section: Assessing Rapid Transit Networkmentioning

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Planning rapid transit networks

Laporte

Mesa

Ortega

et al. 2011

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

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Rapid transit construction projects are major endeavours that require long-term planning by several players, including politicians, urban planners, engineers, management consultants, and citizen groups. Traditionally, operations research methods have not played a major role at the planning level but several tools developed in recent years can assist the decision process and help produce tentative network designs that can be submitted to the planners for further evaluation. This article reviews some indices for the quality of a rapid transit network, as well as mathematical models and heuristics that can be used to design networks.

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Evaluating passenger robustness in a rail transit network

Cited by 133 publications

References 12 publications

Vulnerability Analysis of Urban Rail Transit Networks: A Case Study of Shanghai, China

Vulnerability Analysis of Urban Rail Transit Networks: A Case Study of Shanghai, China

Evaluation of robustness indicators using railway operation simulation

Planning rapid transit networks

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