Two different ways to connect travellers to transit

In one sentence

This supports more detailed inspection of service design and passenger experience.

Why it matters

Zone-based: demand enters the line from the zone through weighted connectors, boarding at abstract points. Stop-based: the road network is built first, then the stop facilities, the route on that network and the departures; travellers walk to a specific stop and board a specific departure, and each vehicle’s load follows from that.

A network is more than its total demand: where the vehicle fills, where people wait, where a feeder change shifts transfers. Reading a line stop by stop, from one simulation run, is the difference between a forecast and a planning tool.

Sources

• Schematic illustration; values are illustrative
• Final frame: Replan.City network editor, Pink Line

What you see

1. 00.0Zone-based access via connectors
2. 05.0Road network and stop facilities
3. 08.0Route on the network
4. 11.0Departures and vehicle block
5. 16.5Replan.City network editor

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