A percolation theory-based street network connectivity model for feeder transit services. (14th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chandra, Shailesh; Kumar, Vinay
• Is Part Of: World review of intermodal transportation research. Volume 9:Number 2(2020)
• Page Start: 120
• Page End: 136
• Publication Date: 2020-04-14
• Subjects: percolation -- connectivity -- transportation networks -- feeder transit -- route -- transfer point -- travel time -- Long Beach Transit -- flexible route -- route deviations -- bus -- simulation; Containerization -- Research -- Periodicals; Transit, International -- Research -- Periodicals; Freight and freightage -- Management -- Periodicals; 387.5442068
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1749-4729

Abstract

In this paper, percolation-based street network connectivity is studied for two types of networks from transit systems: first, networks from a fixed route transit (FRT) and second, networks from a flexible route transit (FXRT). Application examples with Route 121 from Long Beach Transit for FRT show that the connectivity of a section of the route analysed is up to 67%. With FXRT example using five Call-n-Ride (CnR) Denver RTD, the connectivity is found to be the highest for Interlocken with street connectivity up to 14.4%. The street network from all the five CnR systems appeared to be poorly connected for drop-off or pick-up of passengers. This research would serve as a benchmark to studying several other percolation-based properties of porous media that can be successfully applied to modelling network connectivity of other modes of transportation such as rail and freight trucks.