Impact of disruptions on passengers and operations – Modeling the reactions of operators and passengers on disruptions

• Applicant: Professor Dr.-Ing. Peter Vortisch
• Subject Area: Urbanism, Spatial Planning, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Landscape Planning ; Traffic and Transport Systems, Intelligent and Automated Traffic
• Term: from 2015 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 238487308

In order to better assess the quality of a public transport service, a microscopic simulation model of public transport operation and passenger travel is extended to. The simulation replicates the movement of all public transport vehicles and all passengers in high temporal and spatial resolution. To model and assess also disruptions in public transport operation, the reaction of operators and passengers on typical disruption situations is analyzed and modeled. To model typical train dispatching measures, data from train control systems is analyzed and train dispatchers are interviewed and finally the simulation is extended by an automated dispatching mechanism. To model the reaction of passengers on disruptions, a stated-preference-survey is conducted and the results are included in the passenger behavior model of the simulation. An additional online-survey is conducted to reveal the importance of clock-face scheduling for passengers.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 2083: Integrated Planning for Public Transportation