A Bus-Service-Based Zone Division Approach for the Spatial Analysis of Public Bus: A Case Study in South China
Public bus is one of the major green transport modes in most cities, and a proper analysis of public bus can enhance its sustainable development. Hence, the analysis of public bus is always a hot research topic. Generally, to consider the heterogeneity in the studied area and reduce the computation...
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| description | Public bus is one of the major green transport modes in most cities, and a proper analysis of public bus can enhance its sustainable development. Hence, the analysis of public bus is always a hot research topic. Generally, to consider the heterogeneity in the studied area and reduce the computation difficulties, the study area is divided into multiple zones and then various analytical methods are applied. However, an improper zone division could lower the quality of the analysis results and then probably mislead the improvement strategy design. This study examines the influence of the two commonly used zone division methods (the grid-based method and the natural-boundary-based method) on the spatial analysis of public bus service using the analytical example. The result shows that the impact of zone division exists. Therefore, this study aims to identify the possible approach to reduce the negative impact and suggests a new zone division method, the bus-service-based (BS-based) method, for the spatial analysis of public bus service. The BS-based method is compared with the commonly used zone division methods using the real-world data, and the comparison results demonstrate that the BS-based method can be more efficient to support the spatial analysis of bus service. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ecfed03e8a5a414b9267bced8bb522be2025-02-03T01:31:54ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation2042-31952024-01-01202410.1155/2024/8681100A Bus-Service-Based Zone Division Approach for the Spatial Analysis of Public Bus: A Case Study in South ChinaFanghao Fu0Jiemin Xie1Ming Cai2Wei Huang3Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen UniversityShenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen UniversityShenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen UniversityShenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen UniversityPublic bus is one of the major green transport modes in most cities, and a proper analysis of public bus can enhance its sustainable development. Hence, the analysis of public bus is always a hot research topic. Generally, to consider the heterogeneity in the studied area and reduce the computation difficulties, the study area is divided into multiple zones and then various analytical methods are applied. However, an improper zone division could lower the quality of the analysis results and then probably mislead the improvement strategy design. This study examines the influence of the two commonly used zone division methods (the grid-based method and the natural-boundary-based method) on the spatial analysis of public bus service using the analytical example. The result shows that the impact of zone division exists. Therefore, this study aims to identify the possible approach to reduce the negative impact and suggests a new zone division method, the bus-service-based (BS-based) method, for the spatial analysis of public bus service. The BS-based method is compared with the commonly used zone division methods using the real-world data, and the comparison results demonstrate that the BS-based method can be more efficient to support the spatial analysis of bus service.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/8681100 |
| spellingShingle | Fanghao Fu Jiemin Xie Ming Cai Wei Huang A Bus-Service-Based Zone Division Approach for the Spatial Analysis of Public Bus: A Case Study in South China Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | A Bus-Service-Based Zone Division Approach for the Spatial Analysis of Public Bus: A Case Study in South China |
| title_full | A Bus-Service-Based Zone Division Approach for the Spatial Analysis of Public Bus: A Case Study in South China |
| title_fullStr | A Bus-Service-Based Zone Division Approach for the Spatial Analysis of Public Bus: A Case Study in South China |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Bus-Service-Based Zone Division Approach for the Spatial Analysis of Public Bus: A Case Study in South China |
| title_short | A Bus-Service-Based Zone Division Approach for the Spatial Analysis of Public Bus: A Case Study in South China |
| title_sort | bus service based zone division approach for the spatial analysis of public bus a case study in south china |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2024/8681100 |
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