Mathematical method for studying passenger flows in Craiova Municipality public transport system

Abstract

Abstract. Public transport in general contributes to cleaner air and better quality of life in cities and reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. For this is important that the public transport system to be very well analysed in regards to displacement of daily trips. The aim of the paper is to get a new introspection into the measurements and mathematical equations that were used in calculating the displacement volume of trips in Craiova Municipality public transport system. The calculation method was developed in order to compensate the short time that was allocated to the real data collection from the public transport system and to better understand the random phenomena related to the variation in the volume of daily trip movements of passenger in Craiova public transport system.