Exploration of Travel Patterns of Intercity Metro Passengers—A Case Study in Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan Metropolitan Area, China
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Abstract
(1) Background: Rapid urban growth in China has extended rail systems to neighboring cities to meet intercity travel needs, making it important to understand intercity travel patterns. (2) Methods: Taking the Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan Intercity Metro Xihuan Line as an example, intercity ridership patterns are analyzed. A Gaussian mixture model is applied to cluster ridership into groups based on travel time and stay time, respectively, and their travel patterns are examined. (3) Results: Weekdays display distinct commuting patterns with morning and evening peaks. On weekends, peak travel times are quite different. Based on travel time, intercity ridership is divided into two groups. The short-travel-time group primarily travels for residential demand, while the long-travel-time group is mainly for leisure. No significant differences were found in weekday and weekend patterns. Based on stay time, ridership is categorized into two groups. Most trips are round trips on the same day, but overnight ridership is higher on weekends. On weekends, the intercity ridership groups with tourism as their travel purpose on weekends have different stay modes, but their main travel destinations are similar. On weekdays, there are large differences in the distribution of main travel destinations between the short-stay-time group and the long-stay-time group, and their travel purposes are more diverse.
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OpenAlex topics: Transportation Planning and Optimization · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Urban Transport and Accessibility
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Affiliations
College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
The Third Surveying and Mapping Institute of Hunan Province, Changsha 410007, China
Hunan Engineering Research Center of Geographic Information Security and Application, Changsha 410007, China
Transportation Research Center, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
National Key Laboratory of Bridge Safety and Resilience, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
Funding
Open Topic of Hunan Engineering Research Center of Geographic information security and application · the Open Topic of Hunan Geospatial Information Engineering and Technology Research Center · Science and technology project of the Department of Natural Resources of Hunan Province
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