Exploring passenger rail markets using new station catchment size and shape metrics

This paper presents a novel spatial market segmentation method to determine key user groups of a train station (such as gender, age and access mode), based on the size and shape of the station catchment area of each group. Two new indices–area ratio and composite ratio–are developed to quantify the...

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Main Authors: Lin, T., Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia), Ryan, M., Robinson, Todd, Currie, G., McCarney, G., Butorac, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific (Singapore) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72645
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author Lin, T.
Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia)
Ryan, M.
Robinson, Todd
Currie, G.
McCarney, G.
Butorac, D.
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Ryan, M.
Robinson, Todd
Currie, G.
McCarney, G.
Butorac, D.
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description This paper presents a novel spatial market segmentation method to determine key user groups of a train station (such as gender, age and access mode), based on the size and shape of the station catchment area of each group. Two new indices–area ratio and composite ratio–are developed to quantify the importance of user groups for a train station. This method is applied to identify key user groups at seven train stations in Perth, Western Australia. The study offers a new way to explore the travel behaviour of train users and provides insights for rail transport planning and marketing.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-726452019-07-29T05:20:05Z Exploring passenger rail markets using new station catchment size and shape metrics Lin, T. Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia) Ryan, M. Robinson, Todd Currie, G. McCarney, G. Butorac, D. This paper presents a novel spatial market segmentation method to determine key user groups of a train station (such as gender, age and access mode), based on the size and shape of the station catchment area of each group. Two new indices–area ratio and composite ratio–are developed to quantify the importance of user groups for a train station. This method is applied to identify key user groups at seven train stations in Perth, Western Australia. The study offers a new way to explore the travel behaviour of train users and provides insights for rail transport planning and marketing. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72645 10.1080/14498596.2018.1492467 Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific (Singapore) fulltext
spellingShingle Lin, T.
Xia, Jianhong (Cecilia)
Ryan, M.
Robinson, Todd
Currie, G.
McCarney, G.
Butorac, D.
Exploring passenger rail markets using new station catchment size and shape metrics
title Exploring passenger rail markets using new station catchment size and shape metrics
title_full Exploring passenger rail markets using new station catchment size and shape metrics
title_fullStr Exploring passenger rail markets using new station catchment size and shape metrics
title_full_unstemmed Exploring passenger rail markets using new station catchment size and shape metrics
title_short Exploring passenger rail markets using new station catchment size and shape metrics
title_sort exploring passenger rail markets using new station catchment size and shape metrics
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72645