Highlights Causes behind the uneven passenger loading across metro cars were examined. Minimizing the walking distance at destination stations was the most decisive cause. White collar young females with a compulsory trip purpose more choose a specific car.

    Abstract Crowding on metro trains is an important measure of passenger satisfaction and also provides a criterion for determining service frequency and the number of cars necessary for a train set. Particularly in metropolitan areas during morning peak hours, many studies have revealed a considerable difference in the crowding of specific cars on a single train. To accommodate the impact of this phenomenon in calculating metro capacity, a loading diversity factor has been adopted in many transportation studies. However, the underlying causes behind the uneven nature of carriage loading have rarely been examined in a systematic manner. In particular, there has been no trial to explain the nature of choice within a framework for individual passengers. Under the assumption that the uneven selection might stem from each passenger’s intrinsic preference for a specific car, the present study established a nested logit model to investigate the potential factors affecting the choice of a specific car on a train. Passengers were interviewed as they boarded from the platforms of line 7 of the Seoul Metro during the morning peak hours. Results show that the motivation to minimize the walking distance at destination stations turned out to be the most decisive in determining a passenger’s choice for a specific car of a train.


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    Titel :

    Why do passengers choose a specific car of a metro train during the morning peak hours?


    Beteiligte:
    Kim, Hyunmi (Autor:in) / Kwon, Sohee (Autor:in) / Wu, Seung Kook (Autor:in) / Sohn, Keemin (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014-02-11


    Format / Umfang :

    10 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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