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Estimation of transit demand models for enhancing ridership

  • US 8,571,918 B2
  • Filed: 07/16/2012
  • Issued: 10/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of estimating a transit demand graph, the method comprising:

  • collecting non-rider conditional information that includes at least one non-rider condition that when satisfied converts at least one non-rider into a rider, wherein non-riders do not use a public transit route;

    generating, by a processor, a non-rider transit demand graph by satisfying one of the non-rider conditions, wherein the non-rider transit demand graph shows the demand of the non-riders for the public transit route;

    collecting rider conditional information that includes at least one rider condition that when satisfied converts at least one rider into a non-rider, wherein riders use the public transit route, wherein collecting the rider conditional information comprises parsing survey results for feedback on changes proposed by a survey that would encourage a rider to become a non-rider and deriving the rider conditions from the feedback;

    generating, by a processor, a rider transit demand graph by satisfying one of the rider conditions, wherein the rider transit demand graph shows the demand of the riders for the public transit route; and

    generating a normalized transit demand graph from the non-rider transit demand graph and a rider transit demand graph.

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