Examining the Bus Ridership Demand: Application of Spatio-Temporal Panel Models

An important tool to evaluate the influence of these public transit investments on transit ridership is the application of statistical models. Drawing on stop-level boarding and alighting data for the Greater Orlando region, the current study estimates spatial panel models that accommodate for the impact of spatial and temporal observed and unobserved factors on transit ridership. Specifically, two spatial models, Spatial Error Model and Spatial Lag Model, are estimated for boarding and alighting separately by employing several exogenous variables including stop-level attributes, transportation and transit infrastructure variables, built environment and land use attributes, and sociodemographic and socioeconomic variables in the vicinity of the stop along with spatial and spatiotemporal lagged variables. The model estimation results are further augmented by a validation exercise. These models are expected to provide feedback to agencies on the benefits of public transit investments while also providing lessons to improve the investment process.

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