Abstract Service bottlenecks are a key barrier to building a resilient public transport system. In this paper, we propose a new approach to automatically extract the role of a station in dynamical public transport flow networks based on the emerging role discovery method in network science. The term “role” in this study refers to the distinctive position or function that a station plays within the public transport flow network. Using smart card data from Nanjing public bikesharing agencies, we first construct dynamical public transport flow networks with notions of dynamical graph and edge. We then develop a dynamical algorithm to recursively compute the structural flow characteristics of nodes in passenger flow networks. Non-negative Matrix Factorization is conducted to extract the role memberships from the derived structural feature matrix and interpret each role in terms of measurements with practical values. The network hubs and potential service bottlenecks are then identified based on their operating characteristics and dynamics. Furthermore, the day-to-day and within-day role dynamics of public transport stations over time are unveiled. The results contribute to a better understanding of the interplay between stations in the network, and the identification of roles provides insight for public transport agencies to improve service resilience.


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    Title :

    Identifying service bottlenecks in public bikesharing flow networks


    Contributors:
    Lei, Da (author) / Cheng, Long (author) / Wang, Pengfei (author) / Chen, Xuewu (author) / Zhang, Lin (author)


    Publication date :

    2024-02-29




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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