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Applications of Big Data in Public Transportation Systems

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Transportation and Future Mobility".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 4591

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ryan Cheuk Pong Wong

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Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: public transport demand modeling/management; traffic survey; travel demand analysis; transport modeling; traffic impact assessment
Dr. Jintao Ke

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Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: urban computing and smart cities; machine learning and data mining for intelligent transportation systems; spatio-temporal traffic pattern analysis/prediction; smart mobility services (ride sharing, ride sourcing, last-mile delivery); land use and transportation problems
Dr. Fangni Zhang

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Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: shared transportation and logistics systems; autonomous vehicle/UAV systems; transportation network modeling and optimization; transportation data analytics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Big data has played an unprecedented role in shaping the morphology of cities and urban planning processes in recent decades. With advances in technology and infrastructure, collecting big data has become more feasible than traditional data collection methods. Its availability, combined with advanced statistical techniques, has captured the attention of researchers, particularly in the field of transportation systems.

As urbanization accelerates and population density increases, public transportation will become an increasingly vital component of urban mobility. Public transportation systems offer a reliable and accessible alternative to private vehicles which not only alleviates traffic congestion but also contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality.

Big data analytics can significantly enhance public transportation systems by facilitating informed decision making and optimizing operational efficiency. The efficient collection and analysis of big data sources are essential for empowering the development of urban public transportation systems. Its potential to revolutionize transportation problem solving surpasses the capabilities of traditional data collection methods. However, it is important to address the ethical, practical, and rational concerns associated with the use of big data in public transportation systems. Despite the expansion of big data collection in the transportation domain, there is still a lack of comprehensive information on how it can be effectively utilized for analytical purposes in both research and practice.

In light of the above, it is essential to explore the application of big data in public transportation systems. This Special Issue aims to gather the latest and emerging research on the use of big data in public transportation.

Dr. Ryan Cheuk Pong Wong
Dr. Jintao Ke
Dr. Fangni Zhang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • smart and sustainable mobility
  • intelligent transportation systems
  • information and communication technologies in public transportation systems
  • enhancing operations and safety in public transportation systems
  • data sources and management in public transportation systems
  • smart cities and big data in transportation
  • emerging technologies in public transportation systems
  • advanced traveler information systems
  • mixed survey data in transportation research
  • risk modeling and safety in public transportation
  • data-driven approaches for managing public transportation systems
  • human factors in public transportation systems
  • public transportation network modeling and planning

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Application of Historical Comprehensive Multimodal Transportation Data for Testing the Commuting Time Paradox: Evidence from the Portland, OR Region
by Huajie Yang, Jiali Lin, Jiahao Shi and Xiaobo Ma
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(18), 8369; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14188369 - 18 Sep 2024
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There have been numerous theoretical and empirical transportation studies contesting the stability of commuting time over time. The constant commuting time hypothesis posits that people adjust trip durations, shift across modes, and sort through locations, so that their average commuting time remains within [...] Read more.
There have been numerous theoretical and empirical transportation studies contesting the stability of commuting time over time. The constant commuting time hypothesis posits that people adjust trip durations, shift across modes, and sort through locations, so that their average commuting time remains within a constant budget. There is a discrepancy between studies applying aggregate analysis and those using disaggregate analysis, and differences in data collection may have contributed to the varying conclusions reported in the literature. This study conducts both aggregate and disaggregate analyses with two travel surveys of the Portland region. We employ descriptive analysis and t-tests to compare the aggregate commuting times of two years and use regression models to explore factors affecting the disaggregate commuting time at the individual trip level to examine whether the stability of the commuting time remains after substantial changes in the transportation and land use systems. Our study indicates that the average commuting time, along with the average commuting distance, increased slightly, as the mode share shifted away from driving during the examined period. The growth in shares of non-driving modes, which are slower than driving, coupled with an increased travel distance, contributed to the small increase in the average commuting time. Our analysis also indicates that the average travel speed improved for transit riders as well as drivers, contradicting earlier research that claims that public transit investment has worsened the congestion in Portland. Full article
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Evaluating V2X-Based Vehicle Control under Unreliable Network Conditions, Focusing on Safety Risk
by Roland Nagy, Árpád Török and Zsombor Pethő
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(13), 5661; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14135661 - 28 Jun 2024
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With the emergence of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) systems, it is important to investigate how deteriorating network parameters affect vehicle functionality based on wireless communication. It is important to determine how we can prevent the performance degradation of these functions and ensure safety on the [...] Read more.
With the emergence of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) systems, it is important to investigate how deteriorating network parameters affect vehicle functionality based on wireless communication. It is important to determine how we can prevent the performance degradation of these functions and ensure safety on the roads. This paper examines the potential for enhancing the performance of a connected vehicle function by considering network parameters in the control algorithm. In order to achieve this, a safety indicator was incorporated into the control algorithm, which takes into account both vehicle dynamics and network parameters. Following an assessment of the proposed control method, it was determined that it is a suitable approach for enhancing the performance of the vehicle function. Full article
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Transportation Simulation Modeling and Location-Based Services Data Completion Based on a Data and Model Dual-Driven Approach
by Hantong Wang, Ziyi Shi, Yong Chen, Zheng Zhu and Xiqun Chen
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(11), 4366; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14114366 - 22 May 2024
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The evolving economic and technological landscape has brought about significant changes in travel behaviors and traffic patterns. These changes have led to the emergence of complex, multi-modal travel demands that interact with transportation networks, posing new challenges in transportation analysis and control. The [...] Read more.
The evolving economic and technological landscape has brought about significant changes in travel behaviors and traffic patterns. These changes have led to the emergence of complex, multi-modal travel demands that interact with transportation networks, posing new challenges in transportation analysis and control. The primary objective of this study is to address these challenges by improving transportation modeling and data completeness using advanced modeling tools and transportation big data. We propose a dual-driven simulation model that integrates transportation simulation and big data. The approach begins by utilizing initial Location-Based Services (LBS) data to establish a mesoscopic multi-modal simulation model, which is then calibrated. This calibrated model is then employed to complete the missing trajectories of the LBS data. The innovative aspect of this dual-driven simulation model lies in its novel approach to constructing transportation models and completing LBS data, thereby enhancing both the simulation accuracy and the results of missing path completion. We conduct tests using the urban area of Hangzhou as an example, and the results show that the Normalized Root Mean Square Error (NRMSE) between the average link speeds in the simulation model and in real world observation is reduced to 24.1%. In the LBS data completion process, our proposed method achieves a travel mode identification accuracy of 95.3% for private car travel. Compared to the two baseline methods, the average accuracy of completed trajectories increases by 6.31% and 2.46%, respectively. Full article
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Prediction Intervals for Bus Travel Time Based on Road Segment Sharing, Multiple Routes’ Driving Style Similarity, and Bootstrap Method
by Zhenzhong Yin, Bin Wang, Bin Zhang and Xinpu Shen
Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(7), 2935; https://doi.org/10.3390/app14072935 - 30 Mar 2024
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Providing accurate information about bus travel times can help passengers plan their itinerary and reduce waiting time. However, due to various uncertainty factors and the sparsity of single-route data, traditional travel time predictions cannot accurately describe the credibility of the prediction results, which [...] Read more.
Providing accurate information about bus travel times can help passengers plan their itinerary and reduce waiting time. However, due to various uncertainty factors and the sparsity of single-route data, traditional travel time predictions cannot accurately describe the credibility of the prediction results, which is not conducive to passengers waiting based on the predicted results. To address the above issues, this paper proposes a bus travel time prediction intervals model based on shared road segments, multiple routes’ driving style similarity, and the bootstrap method. The model first divides the predicted route into segments, dividing adjacent stations shared by multiple routes into one section. Then, the hierarchical clustering algorithm is used to group all drivers in multiple bus routes in this section according to their driving styles. Finally, the bootstrap method is used to construct a bus travel time prediction interval for different categories of drivers. The travel time data sets of Shenyang 239, 134, and New Area Line 1 were selected for experimental verification. The experimental results indicate that the quality of the prediction interval constructed using a data set fused with multiple routes is better than that constructed using a single-route data set. In the two cases studied, the MPIW of the three time periods decreased by 101.04 s, 151.72 s, 33.87 s, and 126.58 s, 127.47 s, 17.06 s, respectively. Full article
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