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Typology of bus routes and demand variability: Combined insights from land use and route features LIMITED
Monday May 26, 2025 11:10am - 11:30am EDT
Desmarais 3105
Defining a typology of urban bus routes is critical for understanding how different types of services and route characteristics influence travel demand patterns. This study aims to establish a comprehensive typology of bus routes in Montreal by taking into account both land use data - which helps to identify the types of areas served by the routes (e.g., residential, industrial, educational, or central business districts, etc.,)- and route features. The latter include operational and accessibility-related indicators, such as average inter-stop distance, total number of stops, speed, and connectivity with other transportation services (e.g., number of intersecting subway stations, and bus lines etc.,).

Once the bus route typology is created, the clusters are merged with the daily transactional validation data to analyze the variability of demand during the different phases covering the COVID period (spanning from 2019 to 2024), using variability measures. This analysis sheds light on how different route types responded to pandemic-related and shifts in travel behaviors. Finally, this research highlights the features that play a key role in shaping demand patterns, whether related to land use, network accessibility, or other route characteristic features, which will be valuable for future transportation planning and policy development.
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avatar for Bita Farokhian

Bita Farokhian

Polytechnique Montréal
Bita Farokhian is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering with a specialization in transportation engineering at Polytechnique Montreal under the supervision of Prof. Catherine Morency. She received her M.Sc. and B.Sc in Industrial Engineering and has a background in the... Read More →
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20. Farokhian Morency Paper CTRF2025 (1) Copy pdf
Monday May 26, 2025 11:10am - 11:30am EDT
Desmarais 3105 55 Laurier Ave E, Ottawa ON K1N 6N5
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