A passenger-pedestrian model to assess platform and train usage from automated data

We present a transit model that, based on automated fare collection and train tracking data, describes pedestrian movements in train stations and vehicle-specific train ridership distributions. Our approach differs from existing models in that we describe on-board passenger dynamics and pedestrian dynamics at stations in a joint framework. We...

Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram for Train Platforms

The macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) relates the flow, density and speed of an entire network. So far, the MFD has been mostly applied to cases where pedestrians and vehicles were aiming to reach their destinations as fast as possible. However, pedestrian facilities involve different behaviours. Especially in train stations, travellers...

Using Bluetooth and WiFi to unravel real-world slow mode activity travel behaviour

Slow modes have an increasing share in urban mobility. The lack of accurate revealed data has so far hampered scientific research aimed at unravelling slow mode mobility.<br/><br/>Multiple types of data can be collected to gain better insight into slow mode transport and traffic operations, such as counts on specific locations (cross-sections),...