Validating travel behavior estimated from smartcard data

Authors

Marcela Munizaga
Flavio Devillaine
Claudio Navarrete
Diego Silva

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2014

Subject Area

mode - subway/metro, ridership - behaviour, technology - ticketing systems, technology - passenger information

Keywords

Validation, Smartcard data, OD matrices, Public transport

Abstract

In this paper, we present a validation of public transport origin–destination (OD) matrices obtained from smartcard and GPS data. These matrices are very valuable for management and planning but have not been validated until now. In this work, we verify the assumptions and results of the method using three sources of information: the same database used to make the estimations, a Metro OD survey in which the card numbers are registered for a group of users, and a sample of volunteers. The results are very positive, as the percentages of correct estimation are approximately 90% in all cases.

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

Comments

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0968090X

Recommended Citation

Munizaga, M., Devillaine, F., Navarrete, C. & Silva, D. (2014). Validating travel behavior estimated from smartcard data. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Vol. 44, pp. 70–79.