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The least used station of Rodalies in Barcelona: Borgonyà

11.11.2022 · Javier Burrieza
The least used station of Rodalies in Barcelona: Borgonyà

A look over the least used stations in Spanish commuter railways [Part 2]

Transport planners often struggle to solve bottlenecks in saturated networks. However, sometimes the challenge is to understand why certain transport services remain underutilised. Our curiosity about travel behaviour led us to combine mobile network data, ticketing data and survey data to explore what is behind the limited passenger flow of the least used stations in the Spanish commuter railway network. On this occassion, we look at the least used station of Barcelona’s commuter railway system: Borgonyà.

Transport models and mobile phone data

28.11.2019 · Luis Willumsen
Transport models and mobile phone data
Not all mobile phone trip matrices are born the same [Part 6] Mobile phone data provides new opportunities for further research into travel behaviour and transport models that may provide a more solid ground for practical applications and more reliable forecasting. This can help to reduce costs and delays of travel data collection, and also to explore new forms of modelling and monitoring trends.