scholarly journals Impact of Road Network Topology on Public Transportation Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Minzhi Chen ◽  
Fan Wu ◽  
Min Yin ◽  
Jiangang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Road Networks ◽  
Urban Road Network ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
The Road ◽  
Layout Structure ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Transportation Development ◽  
The Impact

Planning of road networks is fundamental for public transportation. The impact of road network density on public transportation has been extensively studied, but few studies in this regard involved evaluation indicators for connectivity and layout of road networks. With 29 cities in China as the study cases, this paper quantifies the layout structure of the road network based on the network’s betweenness centralization and establishes a multivariate linear regression model to perform regression of the logarithm of the frequency of per capita public transportation on betweenness centralization. It is found in the present work that there is a significant correlation between the layout structure of an urban road network and the residents’ utilization degree of public transportation. A greater betweenness centralization of the urban road network, namely a more centralized road network, means a higher frequency of per capita public transportation of urban residents and a higher degree of the residents’ utilization of public transportation. In the development of public transportation, centralized and axial-shaped layout structures of road networks can be promoted to improve the utilization of public transportation.

Influence Models of Urban Road Network Operation Performance Base on Spatial Autocorrelation Theory

2012 ◽  
Vol 253-255 ◽  
pp. 1922-1929
Author(s):  
Jian Cheng Weng ◽  
Wen Jie Zou ◽  
Jian Rong
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Autocorrelation ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Road Networks ◽  
Operation Performance ◽  
Urban Road Network ◽  
Spatial Characteristics ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
The Road ◽  
Network Operation ◽  
The Impact

In order to better identify the spatial influence between adjacent parts of road networks, the paper introduces the spatial autocorrelation theory in evaluating the operation performance of urban road networks. The research proposes several spatial correlation validation indicators to verify the spatial characteristics among the road networks. Based on the analysis of spatial characteristics, the relationship between operation performance and influencing factors under the impact of spatial effect is examined. Furthermore, a spatial autocorrelation based influence models at three traffic flow levels is developed by using the data from a partial urban road network in Beijing. The model analysis shows that the spatial autocorrelation model is more effective in analyzing the urban road network operation performance under the influence of various factors. This model will be beneficial in identifying traffic network problems and improving traffic operations of the urban road network.

scholarly journals Urban Road Network Emergency: An Integrative Vulnerability Identification Method

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Huaikun Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Network Traffic ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Road Networks ◽  
Likelihood Method ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Urban Road Network ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
The Road ◽  
Identification Method ◽  
The Impact

The vulnerability of an urban road network is affected by many factors, such as internal road network layout, network structure strength, and external destructive events, which have great uncertainty and complexity. Thus, there is still no unified and definite vulnerability analysis scheme available to cities. This paper proposes an integrative vulnerability identification method for urban road networks, which mainly relates to the vulnerability connotation and characteristics analysis of urban road networks during emergency, and vulnerability comprehensive evaluation indices design based on urban road network connectivity, traffic efficiency and performance, and an empirical study on a vulnerability identification method of an urban road network. In the empirical case, a real road network and traffic operation data were used from Science and Technology Park of Shenzhen City, China. In the context of one certain emergency scenario, the stated preference survey method and maximum likelihood method are used to solve the road users’ random travel choice behavior parameters; subsequently, based on the traffic equilibrium distribution prediction, the traffic vulnerability identification methods of the road network in this region were verified before and after the emergency. The method presented here not only considers the impact of network topology changes on road network traffic function during emergency but also considers the impact of dynamic changes in road network traffic demand on vulnerability; therefore, it is closer to the actual distribution of urban road network traffic vulnerability.

scholarly journals Mining Topological Dependencies of Recurrent Congestion in Road Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Nicolas Tempelmeier ◽  
Udo Feuerhake ◽  
Oskar Wage ◽  
Elena Demidova
Keyword(s):  
Network Topology ◽  
Real World ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Road Networks ◽  
Traffic Load ◽  
Data Mining Algorithm ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
The Road ◽  
Spatio Temporal

The discovery of spatio-temporal dependencies within urban road networks that cause Recurrent Congestion (RC) patterns is crucial for numerous real-world applications, including urban planning and the scheduling of public transportation services. While most existing studies investigate temporal patterns of RC phenomena, the influence of the road network topology on RC is often overlooked. This article proposes the ST-Discovery algorithm, a novel unsupervised spatio-temporal data mining algorithm that facilitates effective data-driven discovery of RC dependencies induced by the road network topology using real-world traffic data. We factor out regularly reoccurring traffic phenomena, such as rush hours, mainly induced by the daytime, by modelling and systematically exploiting temporal traffic load outliers. We present an algorithm that first constructs connected subgraphs of the road network based on the traffic speed outliers. Second, the algorithm identifies pairs of subgraphs that indicate spatio-temporal correlations in their traffic load behaviour to identify topological dependencies within the road network. Finally, we rank the identified subgraph pairs based on the dependency score determined by our algorithm. Our experimental results demonstrate that ST-Discovery can effectively reveal topological dependencies in urban road networks.

scholarly journals Optimizing The Functional Performance of Road Network using Vulnerability Assessment to Cope with Unforeseen Road Incidents

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-80
Author(s):  
Mukhammad Rizka Fahmi Amrozi ◽  
Raihan Pasha Isheka
Keyword(s):  
Road Network ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Road Networks ◽  
Travel Speed ◽  
Vulnerability Index ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Performance ◽  
Criticality Index ◽  
The Impact

An Urban Road network is often used for multipurpose trips, due to their transportation functions, such as attractiveness and orientation, as well as social, ecological, and economic features. In Indonesia, road incidents have reportedly increased during the last decade because of a higher frequency of natural hazards, accidents, and on-street mass demonstrations. These incidents are found to degrade or terminate road access, forcing users to utilize alternative routes and decreasing the service performance in adjacent directions. Due to the unexpected occurrences at any location and time, there is a need to investigate the impact of random incidents on road performances. Several accessibility indexes have also been used to evaluate the vulnerability of road networks. However, this is less practical in Indonesia, with the road authority using functional performances as the indicator. This indicates the need for an index to be developed based on road performance parameters. Therefore, this study aims to develop a road performance-based vulnerability index known as the RCI (Road Criticality Index). Combined with a traffic simulation tool, this system is used as an alternative index to assess vulnerabilities, by identifying the road(s) providing worse consequences due to unforeseen incidents. This simulation was conducted by using the PTV Visum, assuming a road section is closed due to the worst incident scenarios. The result showed that the RCI offered a more comprehensive assessment than the existing indicator (volume capacity ratio). The RCI included travel speed and mobility components for evaluating both local and global road performances. With the knowledge of the most vulnerable locations and their consequences, road authorities can prioritize maintenance and development strategies based on the criticality index. Also, preventive measures should be conducted to mitigate risk under a constrained budget. This methodology can be applied to sustainably enhance the resilience of urban road networks.

scholarly journals Comprehensive Evaluation of Urban Road Network Resilience Facing Earthquakes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Lin Gao ◽  
Mingzhen Wang ◽  
Anshuang Liu ◽  
Huafeng Gong
Keyword(s):  
Road Network ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Road Networks ◽  
Urban Road Network ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
The Road ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Node Importance ◽  
Research Goal

The road network’s transport capacity and traffic function will be directly reduced if urban roads are damaged by earthquakes. To effectively improve the resistance and recovery ability of urban road networks facing earthquake disasters, the establishment of an aseismic resilience evaluation method for the urban road network is the research goal. This paper’s novelty introduces the concept of engineering resilience into the aseismic performance evaluation of urban road networks. It reveals the internal influence principle of nodes and independent pathways on the aseismic resilience of the network. This paper’s significant contribution is to establish a reasonable and comprehensive urban road network aseismic resilience evaluation method. This method can realize the calculation of the aseismic resilience for the existing network, reconstruction network, and new network and propose the optimization, transformation, and layout for the network. The MATLAB program for the whole process calculation of aseismic resilience is developed. The overall network’s aseismic resilience is obtained by the sum of the product of the node importance and the average number of the reliable independent pathways.

scholarly journals GIS-Based Urban Road Network Accessibility Modeling Using MLR, ANN and ANFIS Methods

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
K. Sai Sahitya ◽  
Csrk Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Network Structure ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Urban Road Network ◽  
Inference System ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
The Road

Abstract A sustainable transportation system is possible only through an efficient evaluation of transportation network performance. The efficiency of the transport network structure is analyzed in terms of its connectivity, accessibility, network development, and spatial pattern. This study primarily aims to propose a methodology for modeling the accessibility based on the structural parameters of the urban road network. Accessibility depends on the arrangement of the urban road network structure. The influence of the structural parameters on the accessibility is modeled using Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) analysis. The study attempts to introduce two methods of Artificial Intelligence (AI) namely Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and Adaptive network-based neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) in modeling the urban road network accessibility. The study also focuses on comparing the results obtained from MLR, ANN and ANFIS modeling techniques in predicting the accessibility. The results of the study present that the structural parameters of the road network have a considerable impact on accessibility. ANFIS method has shown the best performance in modeling the road network accessibility with a MAPE value of 0.287%. The present study adopted Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to quantify, extract and analyze different features of the urban transportation network structure. The combination of GIS, ANN, and ANFIS help in improved decision-making. The results of the study may be used by transportation planning authorities to implement better planning practices in order to improve accessibility.

Spatial Analysis Based Urban Road Network Partition Method for Macroscopic Evaluation

2011 ◽  
Vol 97-98 ◽  
pp. 512-517
Author(s):  
Wen Jie Zou ◽  
Jian Cheng Weng ◽  
Jian Rong ◽  
Wei Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Urban Road Network ◽  
Network Partition ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
The Road ◽  
Network Operation ◽  
Partition Method ◽  
Operation Status

In order to improve the reliability of urban road network operation evaluation, the road network regional Partition methods were launched in this paper. The geographic grid was introduced first, and a 4-level road network model was defined. Then, the spatial analysis based urban road network division method was proposed by analyzing the characteristics of road network operation. This method can reflect the influence between adjacent regional units, and improve the reliability of urban road network division. Finally, this research took a certain area in Beijing as a case study, and divided the road network as several regional units. Macroscopic evaluation result shows that it is effective for scientifically describing the road network operation status.

PEAK HOUR FACTOR AT URBAN ROAD NETWORK SYSTEM WITH FIXED HOURLY INTERVAL AND MOVING HOURLY INTERVAL (A CASE STUDY AT URBAN ROAD IN CIMAHI CITY)

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (01) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Hendra Hendrawan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Important Variable ◽  
Network System ◽  
Urban Road Network ◽  
Hourly Interval ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
The Road

The Peak Hour Factor (PHF) is an important variable for determining road capacity. The value of PHF will vary greatly depending on location characteristics and classification of road functions. This study aims to obtain the estimated value of PHF in the urban road network system with variations in the classification of functions and types of roads. In addition this study also aims to obtain a method of approaching the PHF value near to fluctuations in traffic flow which has limited resources for surveys based on the duration specified in the traffic survey guidelines in Indonesia. The method used is descriptive statistical analysis and parametric test using Independent T sample test. The PHF is calculated based on Fixed Hourly Interval and Moving Hourly Interval and their inverse. The results of the study show the value of PHF in the road network system in urban areas for variations function and type of road that is in the range of 0.79 to 0.98 with an average of 0.91. Other findings show that the inverse method of Moving Hourly Interval can be used as an approach to obtain the PHF value under conditions of resource constraints

scholarly journals Urban Road Network Expansion and Its Driving Variables: A Case Study of Nanjing City

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (13) ◽  
pp. 2318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ge Shi ◽  
Jie Shan ◽  
Liang Ding ◽  
Peng Ye ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Estimation Model ◽  
Urban Road Network ◽  
Network Expansion ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
The Road

Developing countries such as China are undergoing rapid urban expansion and land use change. Urban expansion regulation has been a significant research topic recently, especially in Eastern China, with a high urbanization level. Among others, roads are an important spatial determinant of urban expansion and have significant influences on human activities, the environment, and socioeconomic development. Understanding the urban road network expansion pattern and its corresponding social and environmental effects is a reasonable way to optimize comprehensive urban planning and keep the city sustainable. This paper analyzes the spatiotemporal dynamics of urban road growth and uses spatial statistic models to describe its spatial patterns in rapid developing cities through a case study of Nanjing, China. A kernel density estimation model is used to describe the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of the road network. A geographically weighted regression (GWR) is applied to generate the social and environmental variance influenced by the urban road network expansion. The results reveal that the distribution of the road network shows a morphological character of two horizontal and one vertical concentration lines. From 2012 to 2016, the density of the urban road network increased significantly and developed some obvious focus centers. The development of the urban road network had a strong correlation with socioeconomic and environmental factors, which however, influenced it at different degrees in different districts. This study enhances the understanding of the effects of socio-economic and environmental factors on urban road network expansion, a significant indicator of urban expansion, in different circumstances. The study will provide useful understanding and knowledge to planning departments and other decision makers to maintain sustainable development.

scholarly journals A Multi-Criteria Based Approach to Prototyping Urban Road Networks

10.28945/3172 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atulya Nagar ◽  
Hissam Tawfik
Keyword(s):  
Road Network ◽  
Road Networks ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Multiple Criteria ◽  
Urban Road Network ◽  
Urban Road ◽  
Spatial Quality

This paper presents an approach for analysing and prototyping urban road network routes based on multiple criteria, such as spatial quality, transportation cost and aesthetics, in order to evaluate the quality of people’s use of road networks. A prototype is developed to analyse routes and accessibility in road layouts from a number of design and user related perspectives. A case study is used to demonstrate the concept of multi-criteria assessment of road networks.

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