Transit traffic analysis zone delineating method based on Thiessen polygon

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1821-1832

  Wang, Shuwei ^a   Sun, Lishan ^a   Rong, Jian ^a   Yang, Zifan ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ridership forecasting; Thiessen polygon; Traffic analysis zone; Urban transit

Indexed keywords

POLYGON; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84899141760     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6041821     Document Type: Article

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