Title:
Using automated passenger counter data to understand ridership change on a zonal basis

dc.contributor.advisor Watkins, Kari E.
dc.contributor.advisor Van Hentenryck, Pascal
dc.contributor.advisor Berrebi, Simon J.
dc.contributor.author Joshi, Sanskruti
dc.contributor.department Civil and Environmental Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2019-05-29T14:04:40Z
dc.date.available 2019-05-29T14:04:40Z
dc.date.created 2019-05
dc.date.issued 2019-04-30
dc.date.submitted May 2019
dc.date.updated 2019-05-29T14:04:40Z
dc.description.abstract This study aims at understanding various issues or gaps in working with Automated Passenger Counter (APC) data and suggests a step-by-step process of cleaning the data in a format that can be used to answer research questions regarding transit ridership on a zonal-basis. To check discrepancies in APC data, this study uses General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) which is a standard format for transit information, including schedules, stops, number of trips, fares and location of stops. APC was compared with GTFS data to check for gaps, such as missing trips, naming convention of routes and locations of stops. By using GTFS data for checking and cleaning, stops with missing trips were weighted and outliers were removed from the dataset. Apart from removing outliers, GTFS was also used to match up route names in APC similar to that in GTFS to streamline the process of comparing the two datasets. This research provides transit agencies with a methodology to check, clean and store APC data in a standardized format. Best practice of APC data management enables more in-depth analysis of ridership trends at all levels of aggregation.
dc.description.degree M.S.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/61305
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject GTFS
dc.subject APC
dc.subject GTFS-ride
dc.subject Transit
dc.title Using automated passenger counter data to understand ridership change on a zonal basis
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Thesis
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local.contributor.advisor Van Hentenryck, Pascal
local.contributor.advisor Watkins, Kari E.
local.contributor.corporatename School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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thesis.degree.level Masters
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