Public transit network planning in small cites considering safety and convenience

• Published in: Advances in mechanical engineering Vol. 12; no. 1
• Main Authors: Ma, Changxi, Yang, Dong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2020; Sage Publications Ltd; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Accidents; Buses; Mathematical models; Network management systems; Optimization; Public transportation; Regression analysis; Traffic congestion; Traffic planning; Transportation planning; Travel; Trip surveys; evaluation; Public transit; safety; set pair analysis; network planning
• ISSN: 1687-8132; 1687-8140
• DOI: 10.1177/1687814020902351

Scientific and rational public transit network planning, not only can effectively alleviate city traffic congestion, but also can reduce the risk of accidents. First, based on the data of residents’ travel survey, this article employs the multiple regression method to forecast the traffic generation and adopts the double-constrained gravity model to forecast the residents’ travel distribution of small cites. Second, by aiming at public transit planning objectives, the unsafe roads for public transit are screened, and the public transit trip-mode sharing rate is set as the interval value. According to the interval value, the public transit trip-mode sharing rate is divided into three cases, and the three alternatives of public transit network are calculated based on the network optimization method and the public transit-oriented development model. Next, the alternatives are evaluated by the set pair analysis method, and the optimal scheme is selected. Finally, this article takes the public transit network planning of Huaiyuan County in Anhui Province as an example, and the results show the proposed method is feasible.